THE JAMIA MILLIA ISLAMIA ACT, 1988 
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ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS 
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SECTIONS 

1. Short title and commencement. 
2. Definitions. 
3. The University. 
4. Dissolution of the Jamia Millia Islamia Society and transfer of all property to the University. 
5. Objects of the University. 
6. Powers of the University. 
7. University open to all classes, castes and creed. 
8. The Visitor. 
9. Officers of the University. 
10. The Amir-i-Jamia (Chancellor). 
11. The Shaikh-ul-Jamia (Vice-Chancellor). 
12. The Naib Shaikh-ul-Jamia (Pro-Vice-Chancellor). 
13. The Musajjil (Registrar). 
14. Deans of Faculties. 
15. The Finance Officer. 
16. Other officers. 
17. Authorities of the University. 
18. The Anjuman (Court). 
19. The Majlis-i-Muntazimah (Executive Council). 
20. The Majlis-i-Talimi (Academic Council). 
21. The Planning Board. 
22. Other authorities of the University. 
23. Power to make Statutes. 
24. Statutes how to be made. 
25. Power to make Ordinances. 
26. Power to make Regulations. 
27. Annual report. 
28. Annual accounts. 
29. Conditions of services of employees. 
30. Procedure of appeal and arbitration in disciplinary cases against students. 
31. Right to appeal. 
32. Provident and pension funds. 
33. Disputes as to constitution of University authorities and bodies. 
34. Constitution of Committees. 
35. Filling of casual vacancies. 
36. Proceedings of University authorities or bodies not invalidated by vacancies. 
37. Protection of action taken in good faith. 
38. Mode of proof of University record. 
39.  Statutes,  Ordinances  and  Regulations to  be  published in  the  Official  Gazette  and to  be laid 

before Parliament. 

40. Power to remove difficulties. 
41. Transitional provisions. 
THE SCHEDULE. 

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THE JAMIA MILLIA ISLAMIA ACT, 1988 

ACT NO. 58 OF 1988 

[8th October, 1988.] 

An Act to establish and incorporate a teaching University in the Union territory of Delhi and to 

provide for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto. 

WHEREAS it is expedient to establish and incorporate a teaching University at New Delhi, to dissolve 
the “Jamia Millia Islamia Society, Delhi”, a society registered under the Societies Registration Act, 1860 
(21 of 1860) and to transfer to and vest in the said University all properties and rights of the said Society; 

BE it enacted by Parliament in the Thirty-ninth Year of the Republic of India as follows:— 

1. Short title and commencement.—(1) This Act may be called the Jamia Millia Islamia Act, 1988. 
(2)  It  shall  come  into  force  on  such  date1  as  the  Central  Government  may,  by  notification  in  the 

Official Gazette, appoint. 

2.  Definitions.—In  this  Act,  and  in  all  Statutes  made  hereunder,  unless  the  contest  otherwise 

requires,— 

(a)  “academic  staff”  means  such  categories  of  staff  as  are  designated  as  academic  staff  by  the 

Ordinances; 

(b)  “Amir-i-Jamia  (Chancellor)”  and  “Shaikh-ul-Jamia  (Vice-Chancellor)”  mean,  respectively, 

the Amir-i-Jamia (Chancellor) and Shaikh-ul-Jamia (Vice-Chancellor) of the University; 

(c) “Anjuman (Court)” means the Anjuman (Court) of the University; 

(d) “Board of Studies” means the Board of Studies of the University; 

(e) “Department” means a Department of Studies, and includes a Centre of Studies and Research; 

(f) “employee”  means  any  person  appointed  by  the  University,  and  includes  teachers  and  other 

staff of the University; 

(g) “Faculty” means a Faculty of the University; 

(h) “Hall” means a unit of residence or of corporate life for the students of the University; 

(i) “Institution” means an Academic Institution, established or maintained by the University; 

(j) 

“Majlis-i-Muntazimah 

(Executive  Council)”  means 

the  Majlis-i-Muntazimah                 

(Executive Council) of the University; 

(k) “Majlis-i-Talimi (Academic Council)” means the Majlis-i-Talimi (Academic Council) of the 

University; 

(l) “Principal” means the head of an Institution, School or Polytechnic and includes where there is 
on Principal, the person for the time being duly appointed to act as Principal, and, in the absence of 
the Principal or acting Principal, a Vice-Principal duly appointed as such; 

(m) “Statutes”, “Ordinances” and “Regulations” mean, respectively, the Statutes, Ordinances and 

Regulations of the University for the time  being in force; 

(n) “teachers of the University” means Professors, Readers, Lecturers and such other persons as 
may  be  appointed  for  imparting  instruction  or  conducting  research  in  the  University  and  are 
designated as teachers by the Ordinances; 

(o)  “University”  means  the  educational institution  known  as  “Jamia  Millia  Islamia”  founded in 
1920  during  the  Khilafat  and  Non-Co-operation  Movements  in  response  to  Gandhiji’s  call  for  a 
boyctt  of  all  Government-sponsored  educational  institutions  which  was  subsequently  registered  in 
1939  as  Jamia  Millia  Islamia  Society,  and  declared  in  1962  as  an  institution  deemed  to  be  a 

1. 26th December, 1988, vide notifications No. S.O. 1195(E), dated 21st December, 1988, See Gazette of India, Extraordinary, 
part II, sec. 3(ii). 

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University under section 3 of the University Grants Commission Act, 1956 (3 of 1956), and which is 
incorporated as a University under this Act. 

3.  The  University.—(1)  There  shall  be  established  a  University  by  the  name  of  the  Jamia  Millia 

Islamia. 

(2) The headquarters of the University shall be at New Delhi. 

(3) The persons holding office as Amir-i-Jamia (Chancellor) and Shaikh-ul-Jamia (Vice-Chancellor) 
and  the  members  of  the  Anjuman  (Court),  the  Majlis-i-Muntazimah  (Executive  Council)  and  the     
Majlis-i-Talimi (Academic Council) of the University, for the time being, shall be a body corporate by the 
name of the Jamia, Millia Islamia and shall have perpetual succession and a common seal and shall sue 
and be sued by that name. 

4.  Dissolution  of  the  Jamia  Millia  Islamia  Society  and  transfer  of  all  property  to  the 

University.—On and from the commencement of this Act,— 

(i)  the  Society  known  as  the  Jamia  Millia  Islamia  Society,  Delhi,  shall  be  dissolved,  and  all 
property,  movable  or  immovable,  and  all  rights,  powers  and  privileges  of  the  said  Society  shall  be 
transferred to and vest in the University and shall be applied to the objects and purposes for which the 
University is established; 

(ii) all debts, liabilities and obligations of the said Society shall be transferred to the University 

and shall thereafter be discharged and satisfied by it; 

(iii)  all  references  in  any  enactment  to  the  said  Society  shall  be  construed  as  references  to  the 

University; 

(iv)  any  will,  deed  or  other  documents,  whether  made  or  executed  before  or  after  the 
commencement  of  this  Act,  which  contains  any  bequest,  gift  or  trust  in  favour  of  the  said  Society 
shall be construed as if the University was therein named instead of the Society; 

(v)  subject  to  any  orders  which  the  Majlis-i-Muntazimah  (Executive  Council)  may  make,  the 
buildings  which  belonged  to  the  Jamia  Millia  Islamia,  Delhi,  shall  continue  to  be  known  and 
designated  by  the  names  and  style  as  they  were  known  and  designated  immediately  before  the 
commencement of this Act; 

(vi)  subject  to  the  provisions  of  this  Act,  every  person  employed  immediately  before  the 
commencement  of  this  Act  in  the  Jamia  Millia  Islamia,  Delhi,  shall  hold  such  employment  in  the 
University  by  the  same  tenure  and  on  the  same  terms  and  conditions  and  with the  same  rights  and 
privileges as to pension and gratuity as he would have held under the Jamia Millia Islamia, Delhi, if 
this Act had not been passed. 

5.  Objects  of  the  University.—The  objects  of  the  University  shall  be  to  disseminate  and  advance 
knowledge by providing instructional, research and extension facilities in such branches of learning as it 
may  deem  fit  and  the  University  shall  endeavour  to  provide  to  students  and  teachers  the  necessary 
atmosphere and facilities for the promotion of— 

(i)  innovations  in  education  leading  to  restructuring  of  courses,  new  methods  of  teaching  and 

learning, and integral development of personality; 

(ii) studies in various disciplines; 

(iii) inter-disciplinary students; 

(iv) national integration, secularism and international understanding. 

6. Powers of the University.—The University shall have the following powers, namely:— 

(i)  to  provide  for  instruction  in  such  branches  of  learning  as  the  University  may,  from  time  to 
time, determine and to make provisions for research and for the advancement and dissemination of 
knowledge; 

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(ii) to promote the study of the religions, philosophy and culture of India; 

(iii) to grant, subject to such conditions as the University may determine, diplomas or certificates 
to, and confer degrees or other academic distinctions on the basis of examinations, evaluation or any 
other method of testing, on persons, and to withdraw any such diplomas, certificates, degrees or other 
academic distinctions for good and sufficient cause; 

(iv) to organise and to undertake extra-mural studies, extension services and other measures for 

the promotion of adult education; 

(v) to confer honorary degrees or other distinctions in the manner prescribed by the Statutes; 

(vi) to provide, instruction, including correspondence and such other courses, to such persons as 

are not members of the University, as it may determine; 

(vii) to institute Principalships, Professorships, Readerships, Lecturerships and other teaching or 
academic  posts  required  by  the  University  and  to  appoint  persons  to  such  Principalships, 
Professorships, Readerships, Lecturerships or other posts; 

(viii) to create administrative, ministerial and other posts and to make appointments thereto; 

(ix)  to  appoint  persons  working  in  any  other  University  or  organisation  as  teachers  of  the 

University for a specified period; 

(x) to co-operate, collaborate or associate with any other University or authority or institution in 

such manner and for such purposes as the University may determine; 

(xi) to establish and maintain Schools, Institutions and such Centres, Specialised Laboratories or 
other  units  for  research  and  instructions  as  are,  in  the  opinion  of  the  University,  necessary  for  the 
furtherance of its objects; 

(xii) to institute and award fellowships, scholarships, studentships, medals and prizes; 

(xiii) to establish and maintain Halls for the students of the University; 

(xiv) to make provision for research and advisory services, and for that purpose to enter into such 

arrangements with other institutions or bodies as the University may deem necessary; 

(xv)  to  declare  a  Centre,  an  Institution,  a  Department,  a  School  as  an  autonomous  Centre, 

Institution, Department or school, as the case may be, in accordance with the Statutes; 

(xvi) to determine standards for admission into the University, which may include examination, 

evaluation or any other method of testing; 

(xvii) to demand and receive payment of fees and other charges; 

(xviii) to supervise the residences of the students of the University and to make arrangements for 

promoting their health and general welfare; 

(xix) to make special arrangements in respect of woman students as the University may consider 

desirable; 

(xx) to regulate and enforce discipline among the employees and students of the University and 

take such disciplinary measures in this regard as may be deemed by the University to be necessary; 

(xxi) to make arrangements for promoting the health and general welfare of the employees of the 

University; 

(xxii) to receive donations and to acquire, hold, manage and dispose of any property, movable or 

immovable, including trust and endowment properties for the purposes of the University; 

(xxiii) to borrow, with the approval of the Central Government, on the security of the property of 

the University, money for the purposes of the University; 

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(xxiv)  to  do  all  such  other  acts  and  things  as  may  be  necessary,  incidental  or  conducive  to  the 

attainment of all or any of the objects of the University. 

7.  University  open  to  all  classes,  castes  and  creed.—The  University  shall  be  open  to  persons  of 
either sex and of whatever race, creed, caste or class, and it shall not be lawful for the University to adopt 
or impose on any person any test whatsoever of religious belief or profession in order to entitle him to be 
admitted therein as a teacher or student, or to hold any office therein or to graduate thereat: 

Provided  that  nothing  in  this  section  shall  be  deemed  to  prevent  the  University  from  making 
appropriate  provisions  for  reservation  for  the  Scheduled  Castes,  the  Scheduled  Tribes,  the  physically 
handicapped persons and women. 

8. The Visitor.—(1) The President of India shall be the Visitor of the University. 

(2) The Visitor shall have the right to cause an inspection to be made by such person or persons as he 
may direct, of the University, its buildings, laboratories  and equipment, and of any Centre, Department, 
Institution or School maintained by the University and also of the examinations, teaching and other work 
conducted or done by the University and to cause an inquiry to be made in like manner in respect of any 
matter connected with the administration or finances of the University, Centre, Department, Institution or 
School. 

(3)  The  Visitor  shall,  in  every  case,  given  notice  to  the  University  of  his  intention  to  cause  an 
inspection  or  inquiry  to  be  made,  and  the  University  shall,  on  receipt  of  such  notice,  have  the  right  to 
make,  within thirty  days  from  the  date  of receipt  of  the  notice  or  such  other  period as  the  Visitor  may 
determine, such representations to the Visitor, as it may consider necessary. 

(4) After considering the representations, if any, made by the University, the Visitor may cause to be 

made such inspection or inquiry as is referred to in sub-section (2). 

(5) Where any inspection or inquiry has been caused to be made by the Visitor, the University shall 
be entitled to appoint a representative who shall have the right to present and be heard at such inspection 
or inquiry. 

(6) The Visitor may, if the inspection or inquiry is made in respect of the University or any Centre, 
Department, Institution or School maintained by it, address the Shaikh-ul-Jamia (Vice-Chancellor) with 
reference  to  the  result  of  such  inspection  or  inquiry,  and  the  Shaikh-ul-Jamia  (Vice-Chancellor)  shall 
communicate to the Majlis-i-Muntazimah (Executive Council) the views of the Visitor with such advice 
as the Visitor may offer upon the action to be taken thereon. 

(7)  Where  the  Majlis-i-Muntazimah  (Executive  Council)  does  not,  within  a  reasonable  time,  take 
action to the satisfaction of the Visitor, the Visitor, may, after considering any explanation furnished or 
representation  made  by  the  Majlis-i-Muntazimah  (Executive  Council)  issue  such  directions  as  he  may 
think fit and the Majlis-i-Muntazimah (Executive Council), shall comply with such directions. 

(8) Without prejudice to the foregoing provisions of this section, the Visitor may, by order in writing, 
annul  any  proceeding  of  the  University  which  is  not  in  conformity  with  this  Act,  the  Statutes  or  the 
Ordinances: 

Provided  that  before  making  any  such  order,  he  shall  call  upon  the  University  to  show  cause  why 
such an order should not be made, and, if any cause is shown within a reasonable time, he shall consider 
the same. 

(9) The Visitor shall have such other powers as may be prescribed by the Statutes. 

9. Officers of the University.—The following shall be the officers of the University:— 

(i) the Amir-i-Jamia (Chancellor); 

(ii) the Shaikh-ul-Jamia (Vice-Chancellor); 

(iii) the Naib Shaikh-ul-Jamia (Pro-Vice-Chancellor); 

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(iv) the Musajjil (Registrar); 

(v) the Deans of Faculties; 

(vi) the Dean of Students’ Welfare; 

(vii) the Finance Officer; and 

(viii) such other officers as may be declared by the Statutes to be officers of the University. 

10.  The  Amir-i-Jamia  (Chancellor).—(1)  The  Amir-i-Jamia  (Chancellor)  shall  be  elected  by  the 

Anjuman (Court) in such manner as may be prescribed by the Statutes. 

(2) The Amir-i-Jamia (Chancellor) shall, by virtue of his office, be the Head of the University. 

(3) The Amir-i-Jamia (Chancellor) shall, if present, preside at the Convocation of the University held 

for conferring degrees. 

11. The Shaikh-ul-Jamia (Vice-Chancellor).—(1) The Shaikh-ul-Jamia (Vice-Chancellor) shall be 

appointed by the Visitor in such manner as may be prescribed by the Statutes. 

(2) The Shaikh-ul-Jamia (Vice-Chancellor) shall be the principal executive and academic officer of 
the University, and shall exercise general supervision and control over the affairs of the University and 
give effect to the decision of all the authorities of the University. 

(3) The Shaikh-ul-Jamia (Vice-Chancellor) may, if he is of opinion that immediate action is necessary 
on any matter, exercise any power conferred on any authority of the University by or under this Act and 
shall report to such authority the action taken by him on such matter: 

Provided that if the authority concerned is of opinion that such action ought not to have been taken, it 

may refer the matter to the Visitor whose decision thereon shall be final: 

Provided further that any person in the service of the University who is aggrieved by the action taken 
by  the  Shaikh-ul-Jamia  (Vice-Chancellor)  under  this  sub-section  shall  have  the  right  to  appeal  against 
such action to the Majlis-i-Muntazimah (Executive Council) within three months from the date on which 
decision  on  such  action 
the  Majlis-i-Muntaiimah            
(Executive  Council)  may  confirm,  modify  or  reverse  the  action  taken  by  the  Shaikh-ul-Jamia            
(Vice-Chancellor). 

is  communicated 

to  him,  and 

thereupon 

(4) The Shaikh-ul-Jamia (Vice-Chancellor) shall exercise such other powers and perform such other 

functions as may be prescribed by the Statutes or Ordinances. 

12.  The  Naib  Shaikh-ul-Jamia 

(Pro-Vice-Chancellor).—The  Naib  Shaikh-ul-Jamia                  

(Pro-Vice-Chancellor)  shall  be  appointed  in  such  manner,  and  shall  exercise  such  powers  and  perform 
such duties as may be prescribed by the Statutes. 

13.  The  Musajjil  (Registrar).—(1)  The  Musajjil  (Registrar)  shall  be  appointed  in  such  manner  as 

may be prescribed by the Statutes. 

(2)  The  Musajjil  (Registrar)  shall  have  the  power  to  enter  into  agreements,  sign  documents  and 
authenticate records on behalf of the University and shall exercise such other powers and perform such 
other duties as may be prescribed by the Statutes. 

14.  Deans  of  Faculties.—Every  Dean  of  a  Faculty  shall  be  appointed  in  such  manner  and  shall 

exercise such powers and perform such duties as may be prescribed by the Statutes. 

15. The Finance Officer.—The Finance Officer shall be appointed in such manner and shall exercise 

such powers and perform such duties as may be prescribed by the Statutes. 

16.  Other  officers.—The  manner  of  appointment  and  powers  and  duties  of  other  officers  of  the 

University shall be prescribed by the Statutes. 

17. Authorities of the University.—The following shall be the authorities of the University:— 

(i) the Anjuman (Court); 

(ii) the Majlis-i-Muntazimah (Executive Council); 

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(iii) the Majlis-i-Talimi (Academic Council); 

(iv) the Majlis-i-Maliyat (Finance Committee); 

(v) the Faculties; 

(vi) the Planning Board; and 

(vii) such other authorities as may be declared by the Statutes to be authorities of the University. 

18. The Anjuman (Court).—(1) The constitution of the Anjuman (Court) and the term of office of 

its members shall be prescribed by the Statutes. 

(2) Subject to the provisions of this Act, the Anjuman (Court) shall have the  following powers and 

functions, namely:— 

(a)  to  review,  from  time  to  time,  the  broad  policies  and  programmes  of  the  University  and  to 

suggest measures for the improvement and development of the University; 

(b) to consider and pass resolutions on the annual report and the annual accounts of the University 

and the audit report on such accounts; 

(c) to advise the Visitor in respect of any matter which may be referred to it for advice; and 

(d) to perform such other functions as may be prescribed by this Act or Statutes. 

19.  The  Majiis-i-Muntazimah 

(Executive  Council).—(1)  The  Majlis-i-Muntazimah          

(Executive Council) shall be the principal executive body of the University. 

(2) The constitution of the Majlis-i-Talim (Academic Council), the term of office of its members and 

its powers and duties shall be prescribed by the Statutes. 

20.  The  Majlis-i-Talimi  (Academic  Council).—(1)  The  Majlis-i-Talimi  (Academic  Council)  shall 
be  the  principal  academic  body  of  the  University  and  shall,  subject  to  the  provisions  of  this  Act,  the 
Statutes  and  Ordinances co-ordinate  and  exercise  general supervision  over  the academic policies  of  the 
University. 

(2) The constitution of the Majlis-i-Talimi (Academic Council), the term of office of its members and 

its powers and duties shall be prescribed by the Statutes. 

21.  The  Planning  Board.—(1)  The  Planning  Board  shall  be  the  principal  planning  body  of  the 

University. 

(2) The constitution of the Planning Board, term of office of its  members and its powers and duties 

shall be prescribed by the Statutes. 

22.  Other  authorities  of  the  University.—The  constitution,  powers  and  functions  of  the  Faculties 
and of such other authorities as may be declared by the Statutes to be authorities of the University, shall 
be prescribed by the Statutes. 

23. Power to make Statutes.—Subject to the provisions of this Act, the Statutes may provide for all 

or any of the following matters, namely:— 

(a) the constitution, powers and functions of the authorities and other bodies of the University, as 

may be constituted from time to time; 

(b)  the  election  and  continuance  in  office  of  the  members  of  the  said  authorities,  filling  of 
vacancies  of  members,  and  all  other  matters  relating  to  those  authorities  for  which  it  may  be 
necessary or desirable to provide; 

(c) the appointment, powers and duties of the officers of the University and their emoluments; 

(d) the appointment of teachers of the University and other academic staff and their emoluments; 

(e)  the  appointment  of  teachers  and  other  academic  staff  working  in  any  other  University  or 

Institution for a specific period for undertaking a joint project; 

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(f)  the  conditions  of  service  of  employees  including  provision  for  pension,  insurance  and 

provident fund, the manner of termination of service and disciplinary actions; 

(g) the principles governing seniority of service of employees; 

(h)  the  procedure  for  arbitration  in  case  of  disputes  between  employees  or  students  and  the 

University; 

(i) the procedure for appeal to the Majlis-i-Muntazimah (Executive Council) by any employee or 

student against the action of any officer or authority of the University; 

(j) the establishment and recognition of the students’ union or association of teachers, academic 

staff or other employees; 

(k) the participation of the students in the affairs of the University; 

(l) the conferment of honorary degrees; 

(m) the withdrawal of degrees, diplomas, certificates and other academic distinctions; 

(n) the institutions of fellowships, scholarships, studentships, medals and prizes; 

(o) the maintenance of discipline among the students; 

(p) the establishment and abolition of Faculties, Departments, Centres and Schools; 

(q) the delegation of powers vested in the authorities or officers of the University; and 

(r) all other matters which by this Act are to be, or may be, prescribed by the Statutes. 

24. Statutes how to be made.—(1) The first Statutes are those set out in the Schedule. 

(2) The Majlis-i-Muntazimah  (Executive  Council)  may,  from  time  to  time,  make  new  or  additional 

Statutes referred to in sub-section (1): 

Provided  that  the  Majlis-i-Muntazimah  (Executive  Council),  shall  not  make,  amend  or  repeal  any 
Statute affecting the status, powers or constitution of any authority of the University until such authority 
has  been  given  an  opportunity  of  expressing  an  opinion  in  writing  on  the  proposed  changes,  and  any 
opinion so expressed shall be considered by Majlis-i-Muntazimah (Executive Council). 

(3) Every new Statute or addition to the Statutes or any amendment or repeal of a Statute shall require 
the assent of the Visitor who may assent thereto or withhold assent or remit to the Majlis-i-Muntazimah 
(Executive Council) for consideration. 

(4) A new Statute or a Statute amending or repealing an existing Statute shall have no validity unless 

it has been assented to by the Visitor. 

(5) Notwithstanding anything contained in the foregoing sub-sections, the Visitor may make new or 
additional Statutes or amend or repeal the Statutes referred to in sub-section (1) during the period of three 
years immediately after the commencement of this Act. 

(6)  Notwithstanding  anything  contained  in  the  foregoing  sub-sections,  the  Visitor  may  direct  the 
University  to  make  provisions  in  the  Statutes  in  respect  of  any  matter  specified  by  him  and  if  the       
Majlis-i-Muntazimah (Executive Council) is unable to implement such a direction within sixty days of its 
receipt, the Visitor may, after considering the reasons, if any, communicated by the Majlis-i-Muntazimah 
(Executive Council) for its inability to comply with such direction make or amend the Statutes suitably. 

25.  Power  to  make  Ordinances.—(1)  Subject  to  the  provisions  of  this  Act  and  the  Statutes,  the 

Ordinances may provide for all or any of the following matters, namely:— 

(a) the admission of students to the University and their enrolment as such; 

(b)  the  courses  of  study  to  be  laid  down  for  all  degrees,  diplomas  and  certificates  of  the 

University; 

(c) the medium of instruction and examination; 

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(d) the award of degrees, diplomas, certificates and other academic distinctions, the qualifications 

for the same and the means to be taken relating to the granting and obtaining of the same; 

(e)  the  fees  to  be  charged  for  courses  of  study  in  the  University  and  for  admission  to  the 

examinations, degrees, diplomas and certificates of the University; 

(f) the conditions for the award of fellowships, scholarships, studentships, medals and prizes; 

(g) the conduct of examinations, including the term of office and manner of appointment and the 

duties of examining bodies, examiners and moderators; 

(h) the conditions of residence of the students of the University; 

(i) the special arrangements, if any, which may be made for the residence, discipline and teaching 

of women students and the prescribing of special courses of studies for them; 

(j) the appointment and emoluments of employees other than those for whom provision has been 

made in the Statutes; 

(k) the establishment of Centres of Studies, Boards of Studies, Inter-disciplinary Studies, Special 

Centres, Specialised Laboratories and other Committees; 

(l) the manner of co-operation and collaboration with other Universities and authorities including 

learned bodies or associations; 

(m) the creation, composition and functions of any other body which is considered necessary for 

improving the academic life of the University; 

(n) the remuneration to be paid to the examiners, moderators, invigilators and tabulators; 

(o)  such  other  terms  and  conditions  of  service  of  teachers  and  other  academic  staff  as  are  not 

prescribed by the Statutes; 

(p) the management of institutions established by the University; and 

(q) all other matters which by this Act or the Statutes may be prescribed by the Ordinances. 

(2) The regulations and by-laws in force immediately before the commencement of this Act shall be 

the  first  Ordinances  of  the  University  and  may  be  repealed  or  amended  at  any  time  by  the                
Majlis-i-Muntazimah (Executive Council). 

26.  Power  to  make  Regulations.—The  authorities  of  the  University  may  make  Regulations 
consistent with this Act, the Statutes and the Ordinances for the conduct of their own business, and that of 
the Committees appointed by them and not provided for by this Act, the Statutes or the Ordinances in the 
manner prescribed by the Statutes. 

27. Annual report.—(1) The annual report of the University shall be prepared under the direction of 
the Majlis-i-Muntazimah (Executive Council) and shall be submitted to the Anjuman (Court) on or after 
such date as may be prescribed by the Statutes and the Anjuman (Court) shall consider the report in its 
annual meeting. 

(2)  The  Anjuman  (Court)  shall  submit  the  annual  report  to  the  Visitor  along  with  its  comments,  if 

any. 

(3)  A  copy  of  the  annual  report  as  submitted  to  the  Visitor  shall  also  be  submitted  to  the  Central 
Government,  which  shall,  as  soon  as  may  be,  cause  the  same  to  be  laid  before  both  the  Houses  of 
Parliament. 

28.  Annual  accounts.—(1)  The  annual  accounts  and  balance-sheet  of  the  University  shall  be 
prepared  under  the  directions  of  the  Majlis-i-Muntazimah  (Executive  Council)  and  shall,  once  at  least 
every  year  and  at  intervals  of  not  more  than  fifteen  months,  be  audited  by  the  Comptroller  and      
Auditor-General of India or by such persons as he may authorise in this behalf. 

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(2) A copy of the annual accounts, together with the audit report thereon, shall be submitted to the 

Anjuman  (Court)  and 
(Executive Council). 

the  Visitor  along  with 

the  observations  of 

the  Majlis-i-Muntazimah                

(3) Any observations made by the Visitor on the annual accounts shall be brought to the notice of the 
Anjuman (Court) and the observations of the Anjuman (Court), if any, shall, after being considered by the 
Majlis-i-Muntazimah (Executive Council), be submitted to the Visitor. 

(4) A copy of the annual accounts, together with the audit report as submitted to the Visitor, shall also 
be submitted to the Central Government which shall, as soon as may be, cause the same to be laid before 
both the Houses of Parliament. 

(5) The audited annual accounts after having been laid before both the Houses of Parliament, shall be 

published in the Gazette of India. 

29. Conditions of services of employees.—(1) Every employee of the University shall be appointed 
under a written contract, which shall be lodged with the University and a copy of which shall be furnished 
to the employee concerned. 

(2) Any dispute arising out of a contract between the University and any of the employees shall at the 
request of the employee, be referred to a Tribunal of Arbitration consisting of one member appointed by 
the Majlis-i-Muntazimah (Executive Council), one member nominated by the employee concerned and an 
umpire appointed by the Visitor. 

(3) The decision of the Tribunal of Arbitration referred to in sub-section (2), shall be final, and no suit 

shall lie in any civil court in respect of the matters decided by the Tribunal. 

(4) Every request made by the employee under sub-section (2), shall be deemed to be a submission to 

arbitration upon the terms of this section within the meaning of the Arbitration Act, 1940 (10 of 1940). 

30. Procedure of appeal and arbitration in disciplinary cases against students.—(1) Any student 
or candidate for an examination whose name has been  removed from the rolls of the University by the 
orders  of  resolution  of  the  Shaikh-ul-Jamia  (Vice-Chancellor),  Discipline  Committee  or  Examination 
Committee,  as the case  may  be,  and  who  has  been  debarred from  appearing  at the  examinations  of the 
University for more than one year, may, within ten days of the date of receipt of such orders or copy of 
such resolution by him, appeal to Majlis-i-Muntazimah (Executive Council) and the Majlis-i-Muntazimah 
(Executive  Council)  may  confirm,  modify  or  reverse 
(Vice-Chancellor) or the concerned Committee, as the case may be. 

the  decision  of 

the  Shaikh-ul-Jamia                   

(2) Any dispute arising out of any disciplinary action taken by the University against a student shall, 

at  the  request  of  such  student,  be  referred  to  a  Tribunal  of  Arbitration  and  the  provisions  of                  
sub-sections (2),  (3) and (4)  of  section  29 shall  as  far  as  may  be,  apply  to  a  reference  made  under  this  
sub-section. 

31. Right to appeal.—Every employee or student of the University  shall, notwithstanding anything 
contained in this Act, have a right to appeal within such time as may be prescribed by the Statutes, to the 
Majlis-i-Muntazimah  (Executive  Council),  against  the  decision  of  any  officer  or  authority  of  the 
University and thereupon the Majlis-i-Muntazimah (Executive Council) may confirm, modify or reverse 
the decision appealed against. 

32.  Provident  and  pension  funds.—(1)  The  University  shall  constitute  for  the  benefit  of  its 
employees such pension or provident fund or provide such insurance schemes as it may deem fit in such 
manner and subject to such conditions as may be prescribed by the Statutes. 

(2) Where such provident fund or pension fund has been so constituted, the Central Government may 
declare that the provisions of the Provident Funds Act, 1925 (19 of 1925), shall apply to such fund as if it 
were a Government provident fund. 

33. Disputes as to constitution of University authorities and bodies.—If any question arises as to 
whether any person has been duly elected or appointed as, or is entitled to be, a member of any authority 
or other body of the University, the matter shall be referred to the Visitor whose decision thereupon shall 
be final. 

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34. Constitution of Committees.—Where any authority of the University is given power by this Act 
or the Statutes to appoint Committees, such Committees shall, save as otherwise provided, consist of the 
members of the authority concerned and of such other persons (if any) as the authority in each case may 
think fit. 

35.  Filling 

of 

casual 

vacancies.—All 

casual 

vacancies 

among 

the  members                                 

(other than ex officio members) of any authority or other body of the University shall be filled, as soon as 
conveniently may be, by the person or body who appointed, elected or co-opted the members whose place 
has become vacant and the person appointed, elected or co-opted to a casual vacancy shall be a member 
of such authority or body for the residue of the term for which the person whose place he fills would have 
been a member. 

36.  Proceedings  of  University  authorities  or  bodies  not  invalidated  by  vacancies.—No  act  or 
proceedings  of  any  authority  or  other  body  of  the  University  shall  be  invalid  merely  by  reason  of  the 
existence of a vacancy or vacancies among its members. 

37. Protection of action taken in good faith.—No suit or other legal proceedings shall lie against 
any officer or employee of the University for anything which is in good faith done or intended to be done 
in pursuance of any of the provisions of this Act, the Statutes or the Ordinances. 

38.  Mode  of  proof  of  University  record.—A  copy  of  any  receipt,  application,  notice,  order, 
proceeding, resolution of any authority or Committee of the University, or other documents in possession 
of  the  University,  or  any  entry  in  any  register  duly  maintained  by  the  University,  if  certified  by  the 
Musajjil (Registrar), shall be received as prima facie evidence of such receipt, application, notice, order, 
proceeding  or  resolution,  documents  or  the  existence  of  entry  in  the  register  and  shall  be  admitted  as 
evidence of the matters and transaction therein where the original thereof would, if produced, have been 
admissible in evidence, notwithstanding anything contained in the Indian Evidence Act, 1872 (1 of 1872) 
or in any other law for the time being in force. 

39. Statutes, Ordinances and Regulations to be published in the Official Gazette and to be laid 
before Parliament.—(1) Every Statute, Ordinance or Regulation made under this Act, shall be published 
in the Official Gazette. 

(2) Every Statute, Ordinance or Regulation made under this Act shall be laid as soon as may be after 
it is made, before each House of Parliament, while it is in session, for a total period of thirty days which 
may be comprised in one session or in two or more successive sessions, and if, before the expiry of the 
session  immediately  following  the  session  or  the  successive  sessions  aforesaid,  both  Houses  agree  in 
making any modification in the Statute, Ordinance or Regulation or both Houses agree that the Statute, 
Ordinance or Regulation should not be made, the Statute, Ordinance or Regulation shall thereafter have 
effect  only  in  such  modified  form  or  be  of  no  effect,  as  the  case  may  be;  so,  however,  that  any  such 
modification or annulment shall be without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done under 
that Statute, Ordinance or Regulation. 

40. Power to remove difficulties.—If any difficulty arises in giving effect to the provisions of this 
Act, the Central Government may, by order published in the Official Gazette, make such provisions, not 
inconsistent with the provisions of this Act as appear to it to be necessary or expedient for removing the 
difficulty: 

Provided that no such order shall be made under this section after the expiry of three years from the 

commencement of this Act. 

41.  Transitional  provisions.—(1)  The  Anjuman  (Court),  the  Majlis-i-Muntazimah  (Executive 
Council),  the  Majlis-i-Talimi  (Academic  Council),  the  Majlis-i-Maliyat  (Finance  Committee)  and 
Faculties of the University shall, as soon as may be, after the commencement of this Act, be constituted in 
accordance  with  the  provisions  of  this  Act  and  until  so  constituted,  the  Anjuman  (Court),  the           
Majlis-i-Muntazimah (Executive Council), the Majlis-i-Talimi (Academic Council), the Majlis-i-Maliyat 
(Finance  Committee)  and  Faculties  of  the  Jamia  Millia  Islamia  functioning  immediately  before  such 
commencement, shall continue to exercise all the powers and perform all the functions of such authority 
under this Act. 

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(2) The Amir-i-Jamia (Chancellor), the Shaikh-ul-Jamia (Vice-Chancellor), the Musajjil (Registrar), 
Deans of Faculties, Heads of the Departments, Principals of Institutions, other officers and employees of 
the Jamia Millia Islamia holding office immediately before the commencement of this Act, shall, on and 
from such commencement, continue to hold their respective offices by the same tenure and upon the same 
terms and conditions as they held it immediately before such commencement. 

(3) Anything done or any action taken or any degree or other academic distinction conferred by the 
Jamia  Millia  Islamia  before  the  commencement  of this  Act shall,  notwithstanding  any  change  made  by 
this  Act  in  the  constitution  of  the  Anjuman  (Court),  the  Majlis-i-Muntazimah  (Executive  Council),  the 
Majlis-i-Talimi  (Academic  Council),  the  Majlis-i-Maliyat  (Finance  Committee),  Faculties  and  other 
officers  be  valid,  as  if  such  thing  was  done,  action  taken,  or  degree  or  academic  distinction  conferred 
under this Act. 

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THE SCHEDULE 

(See section 24) 

THE STATUTES OF THE UNIVERSITY 

1. THE AMIR-I-JAMIA (CHANCELLOR): 

(1) The Amir-i-Jamia (Chancellor) shall be elected by the Anjuman (Court) by a simple majority. 

(2) The Amir-i-Jamia (Chancellor) shall hold office for a term of five years, and shall be eligible for 

re-election. 

(3) The Amir-i-Jamia (Chancellor) shall, if present, preside over the meetings of the Anjuman (Court) 

and the Convocation of the University. 

2. THE SHAIKH-UL-JAMIA (VICE-CHANCELLOR): 

(1) The Shaikh-ul-Jamia (Vice-Chancellor) shall be appointed by the Visitor from a panel of at least 
three  persons  recommended  by  a  Committee  consisting  of  three  persons:  two  to  be  nominated  by  the 
Majlis-i-Muntazimah  (Executive  Council)  and  one,  who  shall  be  the  Chairman  of  the  Committee  to  be 
nominated by the Visitor: 

Provided that no member of the above Committee shall be connected with the University: 

Provided further that if the Visitor does not approve of any of the persons so recommended, he may 

call for fresh recommendations. 

(2) The Shaikh-ul-Jamia (Vice-Chancellor) shall be a whole-time salaried officer of the University. 

(3) The Shaikh-ul-Jamia (Vice-Chancellor) shall hold office for a term of five years from the date on 

which he enters upon his office and shall be eligible for re-appointment for not more than another term: 

Provided that notwithstanding the expiry of the said period of five years, he shall continue in office 

until his successor is appointed and enters upon his office. 

(4)  Notwithstanding  anything  contained  in  clause  (3),  a  person  appointed  as  Shaikh-ul-Jamia       

(Vice-Chancellor)  shall,  if he  completes  the  age  of  sixty-five  years  during  the  term  of  his  office,  retire 
from office. 

(5)  The  emoluments  and  other  terms  and  conditions  of  service  of  the  Shaikh-ul-Jamia                  

(Vice-Chancellor) shall be such as may be prescribed by the Ordinances. 

(6)  If  the  office  of  the  Shaikh-ul-Jamia  (Vice-Chancellor)  becomes  vacant  due  to  his  death, 
resignation  or  otherwise  or  if  he  is  unable  to  perform  his  duties  owing  to  absence,  illness  or  any  other 
cause, the Naib Shaikh-ul-Jamia (Pro-Vice-Chancellor) shall discharge the duties of the Shaikh-ul-Jamia                   
(Vice-Chancellor) and will be designated as Qaim Maqam Shaikh-ul-Jamia (officiating Vice-Chancellor) 
until  a  new  Shaikh-ul-Jamia  (Vice-Chancellor)  assumes  office  or  the  existing  Shaikh-ul-Jamia          
(Vice-Chancellor) attends to the duties of his office, as the case may be: 

Provided  that  if  the  Naib  Shaikh-ul-Jamia  (Pro-Vice-Chancellor)  is  not  available,  the  senior-most 
Professor shall discharge the duties of the Shaikh-ul-Jamia (Vice-Chancellor) until a new Shaikh-ul-Jamia 
(Vice-Chancellor) or the Shaikh-ul-Jamia (Vice-Chancellor), as the case may be, assumes office. 

3. POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE SHAIKH-UL-JAMIA (VICE-CHANCELLOR): 

(1)  The  Shaikh-ul-Jamia 

(Vice-Chancellor)  shall  be 

the  ex  officio  Chairman  of 

the                      

Majlis-i-Muntazimah (Executive Council), the Majlis-i-Talimi (Academic Council), the Majlis-i-Maliyat 
(Finance Committee) and the Planning Board and shall, in the absence of the Amir-i-Jamia (Chancellor) 
preside at the meeting of the Anjuman (Court) and the Convocation held for conferring degrees and shall 
be entitled to be present at, and to address, any meeting of any authority or other body of the University, 
but shall not be entitled to vote thereat unless he is a member of such authority or body. 

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(2) It shall be the duty of the Shaikh-ul-Jamia (Vice-Chancellor) to see that the Act, the Statutes, the 
Ordinances and the Regulations are duly observed and he shall have all powers necessary to ensure such 
observance. 

(3) The Shaikh-ul-Jamia (Vice-Chancellor) shall have the power to convene or cause to be convened 
meetings  of  the  Anjuman  (Court),  the  Majlis-i-Muntazimah  (Executive  Council),  the  Majlis-i-Talimi 
(Academic Council), and the Majlis-i-Maliyat (Finance Committee) and the Planning Board. 

4. NAIB SHAIKH-UL-JAMIA (PRO-VICE-CHANCELLOR): 

(1)The Naib Shaikh-ul-Jamia  (Pro-Vice-Chancellor) shall be appointed by the Majlis-i-Muntazimah 
(Executive Council) on the recommendation of the Shaikh-ul-Jamia (Vice-Chancellor) on such terms and 
conditions as may be laid down in the Ordinances: 

Provided that where the recommendation of the Shaikh-ul-Jamia (Vice-Chancellor) is not accepted by 
the Majlis-i-Muntazimah (Executive Council), the matter shall be referred to the Visitor who may either 
appoint  the  person  recommended  by  the  Shaikh-ul-Jamia  (Vice-Chancellor)  or ask  the  Shaikh-ul-Jamia 
(Vice-Chancellor) to recommend another person to the Majlis-i-Muntaziman (Executive Council): 

Provided further that the Majlis-i-Muntazimah (Executive Council) may, on the recommendation of 
the  Shaikh-ul-Jamia  (Vice-Chancellor)  appoint  a  Professor  to  discharge  the  duties  of  the  Naib        
Shaikh-ul-Jamia (Pro-Vice-Chancellor) in addition to his own duties as a Professor. 

(2) The  term  of  office  of  the  Naib  Shaikh-ul-Jamia  (Pro-Vice-Chancellor)  shall  be  such  as  may  be 
decided by the Majlis-i-Muntazimah (Executive Council), but it shall not in any case exceed five years or 
until the expiration of the term of office of the Shaikh-ul-Jamia (Vice-Chancellor) whichever is earlier, 
and he shall be eligible for re-appointment: 

Provided  that  the  Naib  Shaikh-ul-Jamia  (Pro-Vice-Chancellor)  shall  retire  on  attaining  the  age  of 

sixty-five years: 

Provided  further  that  the  Naib  Shaikh-ul-Jamia  (Pro-Vice-Chancellor)  shall,  while  discharging  the 
duties  of  the  Shaikh-ul-Jamia  (Vice-Chancellor)  under  clause  (6)  of  Statute  2,  continue  in  office 
notwithstanding the expiration of the term of office until a new Shaikh-ul-Jamia (Vice-Chancellor), or the 
Shaikh-ul-Jamia (Vice-Chancellor), as the case may be, assumes office. 

(3)  The  emoluments  and  other  terms  and  conditions  of  service  of  the  Naib  Shaikh-ul-Jamia          

(Pro-Vice-Chancellor) shall be such as may be prescribed by the Ordinances. 

(4)  The  Naib  Shaikh-ul-Jamia 

(Pro-Vice-Chancellor) 

shall  assist 

(Vice-Chancellor) 
(Vice-Chancellor) from time to time in this behalf and shall also exercise such powers and perform such 
duties as may be assigned or delegated to him by the Shaikh-ul-Jamia (Vice-Chancellor). 

in  respect  of  such  matters  as  may  be  specified  by 

the  Shaikh-ul-Jamia                   
the  Shaikh-ul-Jamia                     

5. THE MUSAJJIL (REGISTRAR): 

(1) The Musajjil (Registrar) shall be a whole-time salaried employee of the University and shall be 
appointed on the recommendation of the Selection  Committee constituted for the purpose under Statute 
25. 

(2)  The  emoluments  and  other  terms  and  conditions  of  service  of  the  Musajjil  (Registrar)  shall  be 

such as may be prescribed by the Ordinances: 

Provided that the Musajjil (Registrar) shall retire on attaining the age of sixty years. 

(3) When the office of the Musajjil (Registrar) is vacant or when the Musajjil (Registrar) is, by reason 
of illness, absence or any other cause, unable to perform the duties of his office, the duties of the office 
shall be performed by such person as the Shaikh-ul-Jamia (Vice-Chancellor) may appoint for the purpose. 

(4)  (i)  The  Musajjil  (Registrar)  shall  have  power  to  take  disciplinary  action  against  such  of  the 
employees of the University, excluding teachers and academic staff, as may be specified in the orders of 
the  Majlis-i-Muntazimah  (Executive  Council)  and  to  suspend  them  pending  inquiry,  to  administer 
warnings to them or to impose on them the penalty of censure or the withholding of increment: 

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Provided  that  no  such  penalty  shall  be  imposed  unless  the  person  concerned  has  been  given  a 

reasonable opportunity of showing cause against the action proposed to be taken in regard to him. 

(ii)  An  appeal  shall  lie  to  the  Shaikh-ul-Jamia  (Vice-Chancellor)  against  any  order  of  the  Musajjil 

(Registrar) imposing any of the penalties specified in sub-clause (i). 

(iii)  In  a  case  where  the  inquiry  discloses  that  a  punishment  beyond  the  powers  of  the  Musajjil 
(Registrar) is called for, the Musajjil (Registrar) shall, upon conclusion of the inquiry, make a report to 
the Shaikh-ul-Jamia (Vice-Chancellor) along with his recommendations: 

Provided that an appeal shall lie to the Majlis-i-Muntazimah (Executive Council) against an order of 

the Shaikh-ul-Jamia (Vice-Chancellor) imposing any penalty. 

(5)  The  Musajjil  (Registrar)  shall  be  ex  officio  Secretary  of 

the  Majlis-i-Muntazimah            

(Executive Council), the Majlis-i-Talimi (Academic Council) and the Faculties, but shall not be deemed 
to  be  a  member  of  any  of  these  authorities.  He  shall  be  ex  officio  Member-Secretary  of  the  Anjuman 
(Court). 

(6) It shall be the duty of the Musajjil (Registrar): 

(i) to be the custodian of the records, the common seal and such other property of the University 

as the Majlis-i-Muntazimah (Executive Council), shall commit to his charge; 

(ii)  to  issue  all  notices  convening  meetings  of  the  Anjuman  (Court),  the  Majlis-i-Muntazimah 
(Executive  Council),  the  Majlis-i-Talimi  (Academic  Council)  and  Faculties,  the  Boards  of  Studies, 
the Boards of Examiners and of any Committee appointed by the authorities of the University; 

(iii)  to  keep  the  minutes  of  all  the  meetings  of  the  Anjuman  (Court),  the  Majlis-i-Muntazimah 
(Executive  Council),  the  Majlis-i-Talimi  (Academic  Council),  Faculties  and  of  any  Committee 
appointed by the authorities of the University; 

(iv)  to  conduct  the  official  correspondence  of  the  Anjuman  (Court),  the  Majlis-i-Muntazimah 

(Executive Council) and the Majlis-i-Talimi (Academic Council); 

(v)  to  arrange  for  and  superintend  the  examinations  of  the  University  in  accordance  with  the 

manner prescribed by the Ordinances; 

(vi)  to  supply  to  the  Visitor,  copies  of  the  agenda  of  the  meetings  of  the  authorities  of  the 

University as soon as they are issued and the minutes of such meetings; 

(vii)  to  represent  the  University  in  suits  or  proceedings  by  or  against  the  University,  sign   

powers-of-attorney and verify pleadings or depute his representative for the purpose; and 

(viii)  to  perform  such  other  duties  as  may  be  specified  in  these  Statutes,  or  prescribed  by  the 
Ordinances or the Regulations or as may be required, from time to time, by the Majlis-i-Muntazimah 
(Executive Council) or the Shaikh-ul-Jamia (Vice-Chancellor). 

6. FINANCE OFFICER: 

(1)  The  Finance  Officer  shall  be  a  whole-time  salaried  employee  of  the  University  and  shall  be 
appointed on the recommendation of the Selection Committee constituted for the purpose under Statute 
25 on such terms and conditions as may be prescribed by the Ordinances: 

Provided that a person appointed as a Finance Officer shall retire from office when he attains the age 

of sixty years. 

(2)  When  the  office  of  the  Finance  Officer  is  vacant  or  when  the  Finance  Officer  is,  by  reason  of 
illness, absence or any other cause, unable to perform the duties of his office, the duties of the office shall 
be performed by such person as the Shaikh-ul-Jamia (Vice-Chancellor) may appoint for the purpose. 

(3) The Finance Officer shall be the ex officio Secretary of the Majlis-i-Maliyat (Finance Committee), 

but shall not be deemed to be a member of such Committee. 

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(4) The Finance Officer shall advise the University as regards its financial policy and perform such 
other financial functions as may be assigned to him by the Majlis-i-Muntazimah (Executive Council) or 
as may be prescribed by these Statutes or the Ordinances. 

(5)  Subject  to  the  control  of  the  Majlis-i-Muntazimah  (Executive  Council),  the  Finance  Officer 

shall— 

(i) hold and manage the property and investments including trust and endowed property; 

(ii) ensure that the limits fixed by the Majlis-i-Muntazimah (Executive Council) for recurring and 
non-recurring  expenditure  for  a  year  are  not  exceeded  and  that  all  moneys  are  expended  on  the 
purposes for which they are granted or allotted; 

(iii) be responsible for the preparation of annual accounts and the budget of the University for the 

next financial year and for their presentation to the Majlis-i-Muntazimah (Executive Council); 

(iv)  keep  a  constant  watch  on  the  state  of  the  cash  and  bank  balances  and  on  the  state  of 

investment; 

(v)  watch  the  progress  of  the  collection  of  revenue  and  advise  on  the  methods  of  collection 

employed; 

(vi) have the accounts of the University regularly audited by an internal audit party; 

(vii)  ensure  that  the  registers  of  buildings,  land,  furniture  and  equipment  are  maintained            

up-to-date and that the stock-checking is conducted, of equipment and other consumable materials in 
all offices, Centres, Institutions and Schools maintained by the University; 

(viii)  call  for explanation  for  unauthorised  expenditure  and for  other  financial irregularities  and 

suggest disciplinary action against persons at fault; and 

(ix) call for from any office, Institution, Centre, Department or School, under the University, any 

information or return that he may consider necessary for the performance of his duties. 

(6)  The  receipt  issued  by  the  Finance  Officer  or  by  the  person  or  persons  duly  authorised  in  this 
behalf by the Majlis-i-Muntazimah (Executive Council) for any money payable to the University shall be 
sufficient discharge for payment of such money. 

7. DEANS OF FACULTIES: 

(1) Each Faculty shall have a Dean who shall be appointed by the Shaikh-ul-Jamia (Vice-Chancellor) 

from amongst the Professors in the Faculty for a period of three years by rotation: 

Provided that if at any time there is no Professor in a Faculty, the Shaikh-ul-Jamia (Vice-Chancellor) 
may  appoint  a  Reader  as  Dean  from  amongst  the  Readers.  However,  if  a  Professor  is  appointed  in  the 
Faculty during the period of the Reader as Dean, his tenure will cease from the date of the appointment of 
a Professor who shall then be the Dean. 

(2) A Dean on attaining the age of sixty years shall cease to hold office as such. 

(3) A Dean may resign his office at any time during his tenure, and a Professor may decline the offer 

of appointment as the Dean of a Faculty. 

(4) When the office of the Dean is vacant or when the Dean is, by reason of illness, absence or any 
other cause, unable to perform the duties of his office, the duties of the office shall be performed by such 
person as the Shaikh-ul-Jamia (Vice-Chancellor) may appoint for the purpose. 

(5)  The  Dean  shall  be  the  Head  of  the  Faculty  and  shall  be  responsible  for  the  conduct  and 
maintenance of the standards of teaching and research in the Faculty. He shall have such other functions 
as may be prescribed by the Ordinances. 

(6) The Dean shall have the right to be present and to speak at any meeting of the Board of Studies or 
Committee  of  the  Faculty,  as  the  case  may  be,  but  not  the  right  to  vote  thereat  unless  he  is  a  member 
thereof. 

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8. HEADS OF DEPARTMENT: 

(1) Each Department shall have a Head of the Department who shall be a Professor and whose duties 

and functions and terms and conditions of appointment shall be prescribed by the Ordinances: 

Provided that if there are more than one Professors in any Department the Head of the Department 

shall be appointed in accordance with the provisions made in respect thereof by the Ordinances: 

Provided further that in a Department where there is no Professor, a Reader may be appointed as the 

Head of the Department in accordance with the provision made in respect thereof by the Ordinances: 

Provided also that if there is no Professor or Reader in a Department, Dean of the Faculty concerned 

shall act as Head of the Department. 

(2) It shall be open to a Professor or a Reader to decline the offer of appointment as the Head of the 

Department. 

(3) A person appointed as the Head of the Department shall hold office as such for a period of three 

years and shall be eligible for re-appointment. 

(4) A Head of the Department may resign his office at any time during his tenure of office. 

9. DEAN OF STUDENTS’ WELFARE: 

(1) Every Dean of Students’ Welfare shall be appointed from amongst the teachers of the University, 
not below the rank of a Reader by the Majlis-i-Muntazimah (Executive Council) on the recommendation 
of the Shaikh-ul-Jamia (Vice-Chancellor). 

(2) Every Dean appointed under clause (1) shall be a whole-time officer and shall hold office for a 

term of three years and shall be eligible for re-appointment: 

Provided  that  the  Majlis-i-Muntazimah  (Executive  Council)  may,  if  it  is  considered  necessary, 
appoint on the recommendation of the Shaikh-ul-Jamia (Vice-Chancellor) a teacher, not below the rank of 
a Reader to discharge duties of the Dean of Students’ Welfare in addition to his duties and in such a case 
the Majlis-i-Muntazimah (Executive Council) may sanction a suitable allowance to be paid to him. 

(3) A person who is appointed as the Dean of Students’ Welfare shall continue to hold his lien on his 
substantive post and shall be eligible to all the benefits that would have otherwise accrued to him but for 
his appointment as Dean of Students’ Welfare. 

(4)  When  the  office  of  the  Dean  of  Students’  Welfare  is  vacant  or  when  the  Dean  of  Students’ 
Welfare is, by reason of illness or absence or any other cause, unable to perform the duties of his office, 
the duties of the office shall be performed by such person as the Shaikh-ul-Jamia (Vice-Chancellor) may 
appoint for the purpose. 

(5) The duties and powers of the Dean of Students’ Welfare shall be prescribed by the Ordinances. 

10. LIBRARIAN: 

(1)  The  Librarian  shall  be  appointed  by  the  Majlis-i-Muntazimah  (Executive  Council)  on  the 
recommendation  of  a  Selection  Committee  constituted  for  the  purpose  under  Statute  25  and  shall  be  a 
whole time officer of the University. 

(2) The Librarian shall exercise such powers and perform such duties as may be assigned to him by 

the Majlis-i-Muntazimah (Executive Council). 

11. ANJUMAN (COURT): 

(1) The Court shall consist of the following persons, namely:— 

Ex officio Members: 

(i) Amir-i-Jamia (Chancellor). 

(ii) Shaikh-ul-Jamia (Vice-Chancellor). 

(iii) Naib Shaikh-ul-Jamia (Pro-Vice-Chancellor). 

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(iv) All Deans of Faculties. 

(v) Dean of Students’ Welfare. 

(vi) Musajjil (Registrar). 

(vii) Finance Officer. 

(viii) Librarian. 

(ix) Ten Heads of Departments by rotation according to seniority. 

(x) Two Heads of other Institutions. 

Life Members: 

(xi) Persons, who signed the pledge of 20 years of service to the Jamia. 

Representatives of Teachers: 

(xii)  Two  Professors  who  are  not  Heads  of  Departments  of  Studies,  by  rotation  according  to 

seniority. 

(xiii)  Two  Readers  by  rotation  according  to  seniority  to  be  appointed  by  the  Shaikh-ul-Jamia 

(Vice-Chancellor). 

(xiv)  Two  Lecturers  by  rotation  according  to  seniority,  to  be  appointed  by  the  Shaikh-ul-Jamia 

(Vice-Chancellor). 

Representatives of Non-teaching staff: 

(xv) Three representatives of non-teaching staff according to seniority by rotation. 

Nominated Members: 

(xvi)  Eight  persons  to  be  nominated  by  the  Visitor  and  two  persons  to  be  nominated  by  the   

Amir-i-Jamia (Chancellor). 

Co-opted Members: 

(xvii) Six persons representing learned professions and special interests including representatives 
of industry, commerce, trade unions, banking and agriculture to be co-opted by the Anjuman (Court). 

Representatives of Legislatures: 

(xviii) Three members of Parliament, two to be nominated by the Speaker of the Lok Sabha and 

one by the Chairman of the Rajya Sabha. 

(xix)  One  representative  of  Delhi  Administration  to  be  nominated  by  the  Union  territory 

administration. 

(xx) The Chairman of the Central Board of Secondary Education, Delhi. 

(2) All members of the Anjuman (Court) other than ex officio members, shall hold office for a term of 

three years. 

(3) An ex officio member shall cease to be a member of the Anjuman (Court) as soon as he vacates 

the office by virtue of which he is such a member. 

12. MEETINGS OF THE ANJUMAN (COURT): 

(1)  An  annual  meeting  of  the  Anjuman  (Court)  shall  be  held  on  a  date  to  be  fixed  by  the                   

Majlis-i-Muntazimah (Executive Council) unless some other date has been fixed by the Anjuman (Court) 
in respect of any year. 

(2) At an annual meeting of the Anjuman (Court), a report on the working of the University during 
the previous year, together with a statement of the receipts and expenditure, the balance-sheet as audited 
and the financial estimates for the next year shall be presented. 

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(3) A copy of the statement of receipts and expenditure, the balance-sheet and the financial estimates 
referred to in clause (2) shall be sent to every member of the Anjuman (Court) at least seven days before 
the date of the annual meeting. 

(4) One-fourth of the members of the Anjuman (Court) shall form the quorum for a meeting of the 

Anjuman (Court). 

(5)  Special  meetings  of  the  Anjuman  (Court)  may  be  convened  by  the  Majlis-i-Muntazimah 
(Executive  Council)  or  the  Shaikh-ul-Jamia  (Vice-Chancellor)  or  if  there  is  no  Shaikh-ul-Jamia        
(Vice-Chancellor),  by 
Naib Shaikh-ul-Jamia (Pro-Vice-Chancellor) by the Musajjil (Registrar). 

the  Naib  Shaikh-ul-Jamia 

(Pro-Vice-Chairman),  or, 

there 

if 

is  no                       

13. MAJLIS-I-MUNTAZIMAH (EXECUTIVE COUNCIL): 

(1) The Majlis-i-Muntazimah (Executive Council) shall consist of the following members, namely:— 

(i) Shaikh-ul-Jamia (Vice-Chancellor); 

(ii) Naib Shaikh-ul-Jamia (Pro-Vice-Chancellor); 

(iii) two Deans of Faculties by rotation according to seniority; 

(iv) Dean of Students’ Welfare; 

(v)  one  of  the  Directors  of  Boards  of  Management,  Centres  of  the  University,  by  rotation 

according to seniority; 

(vi) three teachers-one each from amongst Professors, Readers and Lecturers of the University to 

be appointed by the Shaikh-ul-Jamia (Vice-Chancellor) by rotation according to seniority; 

(vii) four persons to be nominated by the Visitor; 

(viii)  two  persons  from  amongst  the  Life  Members  under  Statute  11  (1)  (xi)  chosen  by  the 

Anjuman (Court) by rotation. 

(2) Five members shall form quorum for a meeting of the Majlis-i-Muntazimah (Executive Council). 

(3)  All  the  members  of  the  Majlis-i-Muntazimah  (Executive  Council)  other  than  the  ex  officio 

members shall hold office for a period of three years. 

14. POWERS AND FUNCTIONS OF MAJLIS-I-MUNTAZIMAH (EXECUTIVE COUNCIL): 

(1) The Majlis-i-Muntazimah (Executive Council) shall have the management and administration of 
the revenue and property of the University and the conduct of all administrative affairs of the University 
not otherwise provided for. 

(2)  Subject  to  the  provisions  of  the  Act,  the  Statutes  and  the  Ordinances,  the  Majlis-i-Muntazimah 
(Executive  Council)  shall,  in  addition  to  all  other  powers  vested  in  it,  have  the  following  powers, 
namely:— 

(i) to create teaching and academic posts to determine the number and emoluments of such posts 
and  to  define  the  duties  and  conditions  of  service  of  Professors,  Readers,  Lecturers  and  other 
academic staff and Principals of Institutions and Schools: 

Provided that no action shall be taken by the Majlis-i-Muntazimah (Executive Council) in respect 
of the number, qualifications and the emoluments of teachers and academic staff otherwise than after 
consideration of the recommendation of the Majlis-i-Talimi (Academic Council); 

(ii) to appoint such Professors, Readers, Lecturers and other academic staff, as may be necessary 
and Principals of Institutions on the recommendations of the Selection Committee constituted for the 
purpose under Statute 25 and to fill up temporary vacancies therein; 

(iii)  to  create  administrative,  ministerial  and  other  necessary  posts  and  to  make  appointments 

thereto in the manner prescribed by the Ordinances; 

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(iv)  to  grant  leave  of  absence  to  any  officer  of  the  University  other  than  the  Amir-i-Jamia, 
(Chancellor), and the Shaikh-ul-Jamia (Vice-Chancellor), and to make necessary arrangements for the 
discharge of the functions of such officer during his absence; 

(v) to regulate and enforce discipline among  members of the teaching, administrative and other 

staff of the University in accordance with these Statutes and the Ordinances; 

(vi) to manage and regulate the finances, accounts, investments, property, business and all other 

administrative affairs of the University; 

(vii) to invest any money belonging to the University, including any unapplied income, in such 
stocks,  funds,  shares  or  securities  as  it  may,  from  time  to  time,  think  fit,  or  in  the  purchase  of 
immovable property in India, with the like power of varying such investments from time to time; 

(viii)  to  transfer  or  accept  transfers  of  any  movable  or  immovable  property  on  behalf  of  the 

University; 

(ix) to provide buildings, premises, furniture and apparatus and other means needed for carrying 

on the work of the University; 

(x) to enter into, vary, carry out and cancel contracts on behalf of the University; 

(xi) to entertain, adjudicate upon and, if thought fit, to redress any grievances of the officers of the 
University, the teaching staff, other employees and the Students of the University, who may, for any 
reason, feel aggrieved; 

(xii)  to  appoint  examiners  and  moderators  and  to  fix  their  fees,  emoluments  and  travelling  and 

other allowances, after consulting the Majlis-i-Talimi (Academic Council); 

(xiii) to maintain a register of donors to the University; 

(xiv) to select a common seal for the University and provide for the custody and use of such seal; 

(xv) to make such special arrangements as may be necessary for the residence and discipline of 

women students; 

(xvi)  to  delegate  any  of  its  powers  to  the  Shaikh-ul-Jamia  (Vice-Chancellor),  the  Naib        

Shaikh-ul-Jamia (Pro-Vice-Chancellor), the Musajjil (Registrar) or the Finance officer or such other 
employee or authority of the University or to a Committee appointed by it, as it may deem fit; 

(xvii) to institute fellowships, scholarships, studentships, medals and prizes; and 

(xviii)  to  exercise  such  other  powers  and  perform  such  other  duties  as  may  be  conferred  or 

imposed on it by the Act or these Statutes. 

15. MAJLIS-I-TALIMI (ACADEMIC COUNCIL): 

(1) The Majlis-i-Talimi (Academic Council) shall consist of the following members, namely:— 

(i) Shaikh-ul-Jamia (Vice-Chancellor); 

(ii) Naib Shaikh-ul-Jamia (Pro-Vice-Chancellor); 

(iii) Directors of Centres; 

(iv) Deans of Faculties; 

(v) Dean of Students’ Welfare; 

(vi) Heads of the Departments; 

(vii) Principals and Heads of Institutions and Schools; 

(viii) Librarian; 

(ix) two Professors other than Heads of Departments, according to seniority, to be nominated by 

the Shaikh-ul-Jamia (Vice-Chancellor); 

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(x)  two  Teachers  of  the  University,  at  least  one  of  whom  should  be  a  Reader,  by  rotation 

according to seniority, to be appointed by the Shaikh-ul-Jamia (Vice-Chancellor); 

(xi)  three  persons  not  in  the  service  of  the  University,  co-opted  by  the  Majlis-i-Talimi   

(Academic Council) for their special knowledge. 

(2) One-third of the total members of the Majlis-i-Talimi (Academic Council) shall form the quorum. 

(3)  All  the  members  of  the  Majlis-i-Talimi  (Academic  Council)  other  than  the  ex  officio  members 

shall hold office for a period of three years. 

16. POWERS OF THE MAJLIS-I-TALIMI (ACADEMIC COUNCIL): 

Subject to this Act, these Statutes and the Ordinances, the Majlis-i-Talimi (Academic Council) shall, 

in addition to all other powers vested in it, have the following powers, namely:— 

(i)  to  exercise  general  supervision  over  the  academic  policies  of  the  University  and  to  give 
directions  regarding  methods  of  instruction,  cooperative  teaching  among  Departments  and 
institutions, evaluation of research or improvement in academic standards; 

(ii) to bring about inter-faculty co-ordination, to establish or appoint Committees or Boards, for 

taking up projects on an interfaculty basis; 

(iii) to consider matters of general academic interest either at its own initiative or referred to by a 
Faculty, or the Majlis-i-Muntazimah (Executive Council), and to take appropriate action thereon; and 

(iv) to frame such regulations and rules consistent with these Statutes and Ordinances regarding 
the academic functioning of the University, discipline, residences, admissions, award of fellowships 
and studentships, fee concessions, corporate life and attendance. 

17. FACULTIES AND DEPARTMENTS: 

The University shall have the following Faculties, namely:— 

(i) the Faculty of Humanities and Languages; 

(ii) the Faculty of Social Sciences; 

(iii) the Faculty of Natural Sciences; 

(iv) the Faculty of Education; 

(v) the Faculty of Engineering and Technology; 

(vi) the Faculty of Law; and 

(vii) such other Faculties as may be prescribed by these Statutes. 

18. CONSTITUTION OF FACULTIES: 

(1)  Each  Faculty,  other  than  the  Faculty  of  Engineering  and  Technology,  shall  consist  of  the 

following members, namely:— 

(i) Dean of the Faculty who shall be the Chairman; 

(ii) all Professors in the Faculty; 

(iii) all Heads of Departments assigned to the Faculty who are not Professors; 

(iv) one Reader from each Department by rotation according to seniority; 

(v) two Lecturers from each Department (one above ten years of service and one below ten years) 

by rotation according to seniority; 

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(vi) four persons nominated by the Majlis-i-Talimi  (Academic Council) from other Faculties of 

the University; and 

(vii)  five  persons,  not  in  the  service  of  the  University  to  be  co-opted  by  the  Faculty  for  their 
special knowledge of any subject assigned to the Faculty, provided that not more than one person may 
be co-opted in respect of a subject assigned to a single Department. 

(2) The Faculty of Engineering and Technology shall consist of the following members, namely:— 

(i) Dean of the Faculty, who shall be the Chairman; 

(ii) Head of the University Polytechnic; 

(iii) all Professors in the Faculty; 

(iv) one Reader and one Lecturer by rotation according to seniority from each Department in the 

Faculty; 

(v) not more than three Readers from the University Polytechnic; 

(vi) one Lecturer at the University Polytechnic, by rotation according to seniority; 

(vii) one person not in the service of the University, having expert knowledge of the subject or 

subjects concerned, to be co-opted by the Faculty for each Department; and 

(viii) three members to be nominated by the Majlis-i-Talimi (Academic Council) for their special 

knowledge of any subject assigned to the Faculty or of any allied branches of knowledge. 

(3) All members of a Faculty, other than the ex officio members, shall hold office for a term of three 

years. 

(4)  The  conduct  of  the  meetings  of  a  Faculty  and  the  quorum  required  for  each  Faculty  shall  be 

prescribed by the Ordinances. 

19. POWERS AND FUNCTIONS OF THE FACULTIES: 

In addition to the powers and functions of the Faculties prescribed under the Ordinances, they shall 

have power,— 

(i) to co-ordinate teaching and research activities of Departments assigned to the Faculty, and to 
promote and provide for inter-disciplinary teaching and research and to arrange for examination and 
periodical tests in subjects falling within the purview of the Faculty; 

(ii)  to  appoint  Boards  of  Studies  or  Committees  or  to  undertake  research  projects  common  to 

more than one Department; 

(iii) to approve courses of study proposed by the Departments; 

(iv)  to  forward  to  the  Majlis-i-Muntazimah  (Executive  Council)  the  recommendations  of  the 

Boards of Studies or Committee for Advance Studies and Research; 

(v) to propose the draft of Ordinances for the examination for courses conducted by the Faculty; 

(vi) to recommend proposals for the creation and abolition of teaching posts; and 

(vii)  to  perform  such  other  functions  as  the  Majlis-i-Muntazimah  (Executive  Council)  and   

Majlis-i-Talimi (Academic Council) may prescribe. 

20. DEPARTMENTS: 

(1) Each Faculty shall have such Departments as may be assigned to it by the Ordinances. 

(2) No Department shall be established or abolished except by these Statutes. 

(3) The Departments in existence at the commencement of the Jamia Millia Islamia Act, 1988 and the 

Faculties relating thereto shall continue to function heretofore until decided otherwise by the Statutes. 

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(4) Each Department shall consist of the following members, namely:— 

(i) teachers of the Department; 

(ii) persons conducting research in the Department; 

(iii) Dean of the Faculty or Deans of the Faculties; 

(iv) Honorary Professors, if any, attached to Department; and 

(v) such other persons as may be members of the Department in accordance with the provisions of 

the Ordinances. 

(5) Each Department shall have a Head of the Department who shall be appointed in accordance with 

these Statutes and shall perform such functions as may be prescribed by the Ordinances. 

21. BOARDS OF STUDIES: 

(1) Each Department shall have a Board of Studies which shall consist of:— 

(i) the Head of the Department, who shall be the Chairman; 

(ii) Dean of the Faculty concerned; 

(iii) all members of the Department; 

(iv)  two  persons  teaching  allied  or  cognate  subjects  in  the  University  to  be  nominated  by  the 

Majlis-i-Talimi (Academic Council); and 

(v) two experts not in the service of the University to be co-opted by the Board of Studies. 

(2) The appointment of members specified in items (iv) and (v) of sub-clause (1) shall be for a period 

of three years. 

(3) The functions of Board of Studies shall be,— 

(i) to recommend to the Faculty in the manner prescribed by the Ordinances: 

(a) courses of studies; 

(b)  appointment  of  examiners  for  under-graduate  and  post-graduate  courses,  but  excluding 

research degrees; 

(c) creation, abolition or upgrading of teaching posts; 

(d) field of study of each post at the time of its creation; 

(e) measures for improvement of standard of teaching and research; 

(f) subjects for research for various degrees and other requirements of research work; and 

(g) appointment of supervisors for research work; 

(ii) to allocate teaching work among the teachers; 

(iii) to consider matters of general and academic interest to the Department and of its functioning; 

(iv) to perform such other functions as may be assigned to it by the Faculty: 

Provided  that  a  Department,  for  reasons  of  its  size  or  otherwise  shall,  in  the  interest  of  efficient 
discharge of its functions, constitute Committee and assign them responsibilities in specified areas as may 
be prescribed by the Ordinances. 

22. MASS COMMUNICATION RESEARCH CENTRE: 

(1) Subject to the provisions of the Act and these Statutes, the Mass Communication Research Centre 
will be an autonomous Centre of the University and shall organize instructions and research in the Mass 
Media in consonance with the objectives of the University. 

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(2) There shall be a Board of Management for the Mass Communication Research Centre which shall 

consist of the following members, namely:— 

(i) the Chairman to be appointed by the Visitor from a panel of three persons  recommended by 
the Majlis-i-Muntazimah  (Executive  Council) for  a period  of  five  years  or  till  he  attains  the  age  of 
sixty-five years whichever is earlier. He shall be eligible for re-appointment; 

(ii) four eminent persons in the field of Mass Communications to be nominated from outside the 

University by the Majlis-i-Muntazimah (Executive Council) in consultation with the Chairman; 

(iii) a nominee of the Shaikh-ul-Jamia (Vice-Chancellor); 

(iv) two persons to be nominated by the University Grants Commission; 

(v)  one  except  from  amongst  the  Mass  Communication  Centres  in  other  Universities  to  be 

nominated by the Majlis-i-Muntazimah (Executive Council); 

(vi) Heads of all Departments of the Centre. 

(3)  The  Administrative  Officer  of  the  Centre  shall  be  the  ex  officio  Secretary  of  the  Board  of 

Management, but he shall not be a member of the Board. 

(4) The terms of members other than the ex officio members shall be for a period of three years. 

(5) The Centre shall be a separate administrative unit of the University and shall enjoy administrative 

academics, financial and budgetary autonomy in its functions: 

Provided  that  the  Majlis-i-Muntazimah  (Executive  Council)  may  issue  from  time  to  time,  such 
directions on  all  matters  as  it  may  consider  necessary,  for the  smooth  functioning  of  the  Centre  and  in 
case  the  Board  of  Management  does  not  agree  with  such  directions,  the  matter  may  be  referred  to  the 
Visitor whose decision thereon shall be final. 

(6) The Board shall be competent to exercise all or any of the following powers, namely:— 

(i)  to  appoint,  from  time  to  time,  Professors,  Readers,  Lecturers,  Librarian  and  such  other 
members of the teaching staff, officers and other employees of the Centre on the recommendations of 
the Selection Committees constituted for the purpose and all such appointees shall be employees of 
the University and shall be governed by the Act, these Statutes, Ordinances and Regulations; 

(ii)  to  delegate  administrative,  financial  and  other  powers  to  such  officer  or  officers  subject  to 

such conditions as it may deem necessary; 

(iii) to manage and regulate the finances, accounts, business and all other administrative affairs of 

the Centre; 

(iv) to institute and regulate the award of fellowships, scholarships, studentships, medals, prizes, 

certificates and merit certificates; 

(v)  to  appoint  on  the  recommendations  of  the  Majlis-i-Talimi  (Academic  Council),  Examiners, 
Moderators  and  other  persons  concerned  with  the  conduct  of  the  examinations  and  to  fix  their 
remuneration; 

(vi) to entertain, adjudicate upon and redress any grievances of the officers, teaching staff or other 

employees of the Centre who may feel aggrieved or for any other reason; 

(vii)  to  exercise  such  other  powers  and  perform  such  other  functions  and  discharge  such  other 

duties as may be deemed necessary to achieve the objectives of the University. 

(7) The Board of Management shall submit its annual report, in respect of all matters concerning the 

affairs of the Centre, to the Majlis-i-Muntazimah (Executive Council). 

(8)  The  annual  accounts  and  financial  estimates  of  the  Centre  shall  be  submitted  to  the              

Majlis-i-Maliyat (Finance Committee). 

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(9)  The  Chairman  of  the  Board  of  Management  shall  be  an  officer  of  the  University  and  shall  be 
responsible to the Majlis-i-Muntazimah (Executive Council), for the overall functioning and supervision 
of the  Centre  and  shall  exercise  such  powers  and  perform  such  duties  as  may  be  assigned  to  him  from 
time to time by the Board. 

(10) The Chairman of the Board of Management shall be invited to participate in all meetings of the 

Majlis-i-Muntazimah (Executive Council), whenever any matter concerning the Centre is on the agenda. 

(11)  The  Board  of  Management  shall  make  regulations  for  regulating  the  proper  working  and 

management of the Centre. 

(12) The Board of Management may constitute such bodies as it deems necessary for the functioning 

of the Centre and frame regulations therefor. 

(13) The Shaikh-ul-Jamia (Vice-Chancellor) shall have the privilege to attend any or all the meetings 

of the Board of Management of the Centre. 

23. JAMIA SCHOOLS: 

(1) Subject to the provisions of the Act and these Statutes, the Schools established and maintained by 
the  University  shall  function  as  an  autonomous  unit  with  a  Board  of  Management  to  manage  and 
supervise their working: 

Provided  that  the  Majlis-i-Muntazimah  (Executive  Council)  may  issue,  from  time  to  time,  such 
directions on all matters, as it may consider necessary, for the smooth functioning of the Schools and in 
case  the  Board  of  Management  does  not  agree  with  such  directions,  the  matter  may  be  referred  to  the 
Visitor, whose decision thereon shall be final. 

(2) The Board of Management shall consist of the following members, namely:— 

(i) the Shaikh-ul-Jamia (Vice-Chancellor), who shall be the Chairman; 

(ii) The Naib Shaikh-ul-Jamia (Pro-Vice-Chancellor); 

(iii) the Dean, Faculty of Education; 

(iv) the Principal, Senior Secondary School; 

(v) the Headmaster, Middle School; 

(vi) the Director, Nursery School; 

(vii) the Director, Balak Mata Centres; 

(viii) one Principal from among the Principals of the Senior Secondary Schools of Delhi, to be 

nominated by the Shaikh-ul-Jamia (Vice-Chancellor); 

(ix) the Secretary, Central Board of Secondary Education, Delhi; 

(x) the Assistant Registrar for Schools, who shall be the Secretary. 

(3) The Board of Management shall be competent to exercise the following powers, namely:— 

(i) to appoint the members of the teaching and administrative staff on the recommendation of the 
Selection Committees constituted for the purpose and all such appointees shall be the employees of 
the University and shall be governed by the Act, these Statutes, Ordinances and Regulations; 

(ii) to manage and regulate the finances, accounts, business and all other administrative affairs of 

the Schools; 

(iii) to appoint examiners, moderators and others concerned with the conduct of examination and 

to fix their remuneration; 

(iv)  to  institute  and  regulate  the  award  of  scholarships,  studentships,  certificates,  medals  and 

prizes; 

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(v)  to  entertain  and  adjudicate  upon  any  grievances  of  the  members  of  the  teaching  and 

administrative staff of the Schools; and 

(vi) to exercise such other powers and perform such other functions as may be deemed necessary 

for the smooth functioning of the Schools. 

24. THE MAJLIS-I-MALIYAT (FINANCE COMMITTEE): 

(1) The Majlis-i-Maliyat (Finance Committee) shall consist of the following members, namely:— 

(i) the Shaikh-ul-Jamia (Vice-Chancellor); 

(ii) the Naib Shaikh-ul-Jamia (Pro-Vice-Chancellor); 

(iii) two Deans of the Faculties to be nominated by the Majlis-i-Muntazimah (Executive Council); 

(iv) two persons to be nominated by the Majlis-i-Muntazimah (Executive Council) from amongst 

its members other than those in the service of the University; 

(v) three persons to be nominated by the Visitor. 

(2)  The  Finance  Officer  shall  be  the  ex  officio  Secretary  of  the  Committee  but  shall  not  be  the 

member of the Committee. 

(3)  The  Majlis-i-Maliyat  (Finance  Committee)  shall  meet  at  least  twice  a  year  to  examine  the 

accounts and to scrutinise proposals for expenditure. 

(4) All the members of the Majlis-i-Maliyat (Finance Committee) other than ex officio members, shall 

hold office for a term of three years. 

(5) Five members of the Majlis-i-Maliyat (Finance Committee) shall form the quorum. 

(6)  The  Annual  Accounts  and  the  financial  estimates  of  the  University  prepared  by  the  Finance 
Officer  shall  be  laid  before  the  Majlis-i-Maliyat  (Finance  Committee)  for  consideration  and  comments 
and thereafter submitted to the Majlis-i-Muntazimah (Executive Council) for approval. 

(7) The Majlis-i-Maliyat (Finance Committee) shall fix limits for the total recurring expenditure and 
the  total  non-recurring  expenditure  for  the  year,  based  on  the  income  and  resources  of  the  University 
(which, in the case of productive works may include the proceeds of loans) and expenditure shall not be 
incurred by the University in excess of the limits so fixed. 

(8)  No  expenditure  other  than  that  provided  for  in  the  budget  shall  be  incurred  by  the  University 

without the approval of the Majlis-i-Maliyat (Finance Committee). 

25. SELECTION COMMITTEES: 

(1)  There  shall  be  Selection  Committees  for  making  recommendation  to  the  Majlis-i-Muntazimah 
(Executive Council) for appointment to the posts of Professors, Readers, Lecturers, Librarian, Registrar, 
Finance Officer and Principals of Institutions maintained by the University. 

(2) The Selection Committee for appointment to the posts specified in column (1) of the Table below 
shall  consist  of  the  Shaikh-ul-Jamia  (Vice-Chancellor),  Naib  Shaikh-ul-Jamia  (Pro-Vice-Chancellor),  a 
nominee  of  the  Visitor  and  the  persons  specified  in  the  corresponding  entry  in  column  (2)  of  the  said 
Table: 

Provided that where the appointment of teacher is to be made in an Institution, the Principal of that 
Institution  shall  also  be  an  ex  officio  member  of  the  Selection  Committee  constituted  for  such 
appointment: 

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TABLE 

(1) 

(2) 

Professor 

(i) 

The Head of the Department concerned, if he is a Professor. 

(ii)  One Professor to be nominated by the Shaikh-ul-Jamia (Vice-Chancellor). 

(iii)  Three  persons  not  in  the  service  of  the  University,  nominated  by  the  
Majlis-i-Muntazimah  (Executive  Council)  out  of  a  panel  of  names 
recommended by the Majlis-i-Talimi (Academic Council) for their special 
knowledge  of,  or interest  in,  the  subject  with  which the  Professor  will  be 
concerned. 

Reader/Lecturer 

(i) 

The Head of the Department concerned. 

(ii)  One Professor to be nominated by the Shaikh-ul-Jamia (Vice-Chancellor). 

(iii)  Two  persons  not  in  the  service  of  the  University,  nominated  by  the    

Majlis-i-Muntazimah  (Executive  Council)  out  of  a  panel  of  names 
recommended by the Majlis-i-Talimi (Academic Council), for their special 
knowledge of, or interest in, the subject with which the Reader or Lecturer 
will be concerned. 

(i) 

Two members of the Majlis-i-Muntazimah (Executive Council) nominated 
by it. 

Musajjil 
(Registrar)/Finance 
Officer 

(ii)  One  person  not  connected  with  the  University  nominated  by  the          

Majlis-i-Muntazimah (Executive Council). 

Librarian 

(i) 

Two  persons  not  in  the  service  of  the  University,  who  have  special 
knowledge of the subject of Library Science/Library Administration to be 
nominated by the Majlis-i-Muntazimah (Executive Council). 

(ii)  One  person,  not  in  the  service  of  the  University,  nominated  by  the        

Majlis-i-Muntazimah (Executive Council). 

Three  persons  not  in  the  service  of  the  University  of  whom  two  shall  be 
nominated  by  the  Majlis-i-Muntazimah    (Executive  Council)  and  one  by 
the Majlis-i-Talimi (Academic Council) for their special knowledge of, or 
interest  in,  a  subject  in  which  instruction  is  being  provided  by  the 
Institution. 

(i) 

The Dean, Faculty of Education; 

(ii)  Three persons, who are not employees of the Jamia and not members of the 
Majlis-i-Muntazimah  or  the  Majlis-i-Talimi,  out  of  whom  two  be 
nominated  by  the  Shaikh-ul-Jamia  out  of  a  panel  of  7  persons  to  be 
suggested  by 
Majlis-i-Muntazimah. 

the  Majlis-i-Talimi  and  one  be  nominated  by 

the            

an 

Principal  of 
Institution 
maintained  by  the 
University 

Principal,  Higher 
Secondary School; 

Headmaster, 
Middle 
School; 
Director,  Nursery 
and 
School; 
Director, 
Balak 
Mata Centre 

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(1) 

(2) 

Other Teachers 

(i) 

The Dean, Faculty of Education; 

(ii)  The Head of the School concerned; 

(iii)  One person, who is not engaged in teaching at the Jamia and not member 
of  the  Majlis-i-Muntazimah  or  the  Majlis-i-Talimi,  be  nominated by  the 
Shaikh-ul-Jamia  out  of  a  panel  of  four  persons  for  their  experience  of 
school education and administration. 

Library Staff 

The Majlis-i-Muntazimah will appoint a permanent Selection Committee 
for the Library Staff, other than Librarian (from time to time). 

Administrative Staff 

The Majlis-i-Muntazimah will appoint a permanent Selection Committee 
for Administrative Staff (from time to time). 

(3)  The  Shaikh-ul-Jamia  (Vice-Chancellor)  or 

in  his  absence, 

the  Naib  Shaikh-ul-Jamia                

(Pro-Vice-Chancellor) shall preside at the meetings of the Selection Committee. 

(4)  The  meetings  of  the  Selection  Committee  shall  be  convened  by  the  Shaikh-ul-Jamia              

(Vice-Chancellor) or in his absence by the Naib Shaikh-ul-Jamia (Pro-Vice-Chancellor). 

(5) The procedure to be followed by a Selection Committee in making recommendations shall be laid 

down in the Ordinances. 

(6) If the Majlis-i-Muntazimah (Executive Council) is unable to accept the recommendations made by 

the Committee, it shall record its reasons and submit the case to the Visitor for final orders. 

(7) Appointments to temporary posts shall be made in the manner indicated below:— 

(i) if the temporary vacancy is for a duration longer than one academic session, it shall be filled 
on  the  advice  of  the  Selection  Committee  in  accordance  with  the  procedure  laid  down  in  the 
foregoing clauses; 

(ii) if  the temporary  vacancy  is  for a  period less than  one academic  session,  an appointment to 
such vacancy shall be made on the recommendation of a Local Selection Committee consisting of the 
Dean  of  the  Faculty,  the  Head  of  the  Department  and  a  nominee  of  the  Shaikh-ul-Jamia              
(Vice-Chancellor): 

Provided that if the same person holds the offices of the Dean and the Head of the Department, 

the Selection Committee may contain two nominees of the Shaikh-ul-Jamia (Vice-Chancellor): 

Provided further that in case of sudden casual vacancies of teaching posts caused by death or any 
other  reason,  the  Dean,  may,  in  consultation  with  the  Head  of  the  Department  concerned,  make  a 
temporary  appointment  for  a  month  and  report  to  the  Shaikh-ul-Jamia  (Vice-Chancellor)  and  the 
Musajjil (Registrar) about such appointment. 

(iii)  No  teacher  appointed  temporarily  shall,  if  he  is  not  recommended  by  a  regular  Selection 
Committee  for  appointment  under  these  Statutes,  be  continued  in  service  on  such  temporary 
employment,  or  given  a  fresh  appointment  unless  he  is  subsequently  selected  by  a  local  Selection 
Committee or a regular Selection Committee, for a temporary or permanent appointment, as the case 
may be. 

(8)  Notwithstanding  anything  contained  in  the  foregoing  clauses,  the  Majlis-i-Muntazimah  
(Executive  Council)  may  invite  a  person  of  high  academic  distinction  and  professional  attainment  to 
accept  a  post  of  Professor  in  the  University,  on  such  terms  and  conditions  as  it  deems  fit,  and  on  the 
person agreeing to do so, appoint him to the post. 

(9)  The  Majlis-i-Muntazimah  (Executive  Council)  of  the  University  may  appoint  a  teacher  or  any 
other  academic  staff  working  in  any  other  University  or  institution  for  undertaking  a  joint  project  in 
accordance with the manner prescribed in the Ordinances. 

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Note:—1.  Where  the  appointment  is  being  made  for  an  inter-disciplinary  project,  the  Head  of  the 

Project shall be deemed to be the Head of the Department concerned. 

2.  The  Professor  to  be  nominated  shall  be  a  Professor  concerned  with  the  specialty  for  which  the 
selection  is  being  made  and  that  the  Shaikh-ul-Jamia  (Vice-Chancellor)  shall  consult  the  Head  of  the 
Department and the Dean of the Faculty before nominating the Professor. 

(10) The Majlis-i-Muntazimah (Executive Council) may appoint a person selected in accordance with 
the  procedure  laid  down  in  the  foregoing  clauses  for  a  fixed  tenure  on  such  terms  and  conditions  as  it 
deems fit. 

26. COMMITTEES: 

Any authority of the University may appoint as many Standing or Special Committees as it may deem 
fit, consisting of members of the authority making such appointment and of such other persons (if any) as 
that authority in each case may think fit; and any such Committee may deal with any subject assigned to it 
subject to subsequent confirmation of the authority appointing it. 

27. TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF SERVICE OF UNIVERSITY TEACHERS: 

(1)  All  the  teachers  of  the  University,  shall,  in  the  absence  of  any  agreement  to  the  contrary,  be 
governed  by  the  terms  and  conditions  of  service  as  specified  in  the  Statutes,  the  Ordinances  and  the 
Regulations. 

(2) Every teacher of the University shall be appointed on a written contract, the form of which shall 
be  prescribed  by  the  Ordinances  and  a  copy  of  the  contract  shall  be  deposited  with  the  Musajjil 
(Registrar). 

28. SENIORITY LISTS: 

(1) Whenever, in accordance with these Statutes, any person is to hold an office or be a member of an 
authority  of  the  University  by  rotation  according  to  seniority,  such  seniority  shall  be  determined 
according to the length of continuous service of such person in his grade, and in accordance with such 
other principles as the Majlis-i-Muntazimah (Executive Council) may, from time to time, determine. 

(2) It shall be the duty of the Musajjil (Registrar) to prepare and maintain in respect of each class of 
persons  to  whom  the  provisions  of  these  Statutes  apply,  a  complete  and  up-to-date  seniority  list  in 
accordance with the provisions of the foregoing clause. 

(3) If two or more persons have equal length of continuous service in a particular grade or the relative 
seniority of any person or persons is otherwise in doubt, the Musajjil (Registrar) may, on his own motion 
and  shall  at  the  request  of  any  such  person,  submit  the  matter  to  the  Majlis-i-Muntazimah              
(Executive Council) whose decision thereon shall be final. 

29. HONORARY DEGREES: 

(1)  The  Majlis-i-Muntazimah  (Executive  Council)  may,  on 

the  recommendation  of 

the              

Majlis-i-Talimi (Academic Council) and by a resolution passed by a majority of not less than two-thirds 
of the members present and voting, make proposals to the Visitor for the conferment of honorary degrees: 

Provided that in case of emergency, the Majlis-i-Muntazimah (Executive Council) may, on its own, 

make such proposals. 

(2) The Majlis-i-Muntazimah (Executive Council) may, by a resolution passed by a majority of not 
less  than  two-thirds  of  the  members  present  and  voting,  withdraw,  with  the  previous  sanction  of  the 
Visitor, any honorary degree conferred by the University. 

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30. WITHDRAWAL OF DEGREES, ETC.: 

The Majlis-i-Muntazimah (Executive Council) may, by a special resolution passed by a majority of 
not less than two-thirds of the members present and voting, withdraw any degree or academic distinction 
conferred  on,  or  any  certificate  or  diploma  granted  to,  any  person  by  the  University  for  good  and 
sufficient cause: 

Provided that no such resolution shall be passed until a notice in writing has been given to that person 
calling upon him to show cause within such time as may be specified in the notice why such a resolution 
should  not  be  passed  and  until  his  objections,  if  any,  and  any  evidence  he  may  produce  in  support  of 
them, have been considered by the Majlis-i-Muntazimah (Executive Council). 

31. MAINTENANCE OF DISCIPLINE AMONG STUDENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY: 

(1)  All  powers  relating  to  discipline  and  disciplinary  action  in  relation  to  students  shall  vest  in  the 

Shaikh-ul-Jamia (Vice-Chancellor). 

(2) The Shaikh-ul-Jamia (Vice-Chancellor) may delegate all or any of his powers as he deems proper 

to any officer as he may specify in this behalf. 

(3)  Without  prejudice  to  the  generality  of  his  power  relating  to  the  maintenance  of  discipline  and 
taking  such  action  in  the  interest  of  maintaining  discipline  as  may  seem  to  him  appropriate,  the       
Shaikh-ul-Jamia (Vice-Chancellor) may, in the exercise of his powers, by order, direct that any student or 
students  be  expelled  or  rusticated,  for  a  specified  period,  or  be  not  admitted  to  a  course  or  courses  of 
study in a Department or an Institution of the University for a stated period, or be punished with fine for 
an  amount  to  be  specified  in  the  order,  or  be  debarred  from  taking  an  examination  or  examinations 
conducted by the University or a Department or an Institution for one or more years, or that the results of 
the student or students concerned in the examination or examinations in which he or they have appeared 
be cancelled. 

(4) The Chairman of the Centre, the Chairman of the Board of Management of the School, the Deans 
of  Faculties,  the  Heads  of  Departments  and  the  Principals  of  Institutions,  shall  have  the  authority  to 
exercise  all  such  disciplinary  powers  over  the  students  in  their  respective  Centres,  Schools,  Faculties, 
Institutions  and  Departments  as  may  be  necessary  for  the  proper  conduct  of  such  Centres,  Schools, 
Faculties, Departments and Institutions. 

(5) Without prejudice to the powers of the  Shaikh-ul-Jamia (Vice-Chancellor), the detailed rules of 
discipline  and  proper  conduct  shall  be  framed  by  the  University.  The  Chairman  of  the  Centre,  the 
Chairman of the Board of Management of the School, Directors of Centres, Deans of Faculties and Heads 
of  Departments  and  Principals  of  Institutions  may  frame  such  supplementary  rules,  as  they  may  deem 
necessary for the aforesaid purposes. 

(6) At the time of admission, every student shall be required to sign a declaration to the effect that he 
submits  himself  to  the  disciplinary  jurisdiction  of  the  Shaikh-ul-Jamia  (Vice-Chancellor)  and  the  other 
authorities of the University. 

32. ESTABLISHMENT OF INSTITUTIONS: 

The establishment of Institutions and the abolition thereof shall be governed by these Statutes. 

33. CONVOCATION: 

The Convocations of the University for the conferring of degrees or for other purposes shall be held 

in such manner as may be prescribed by the Ordinances. 

34. ACTING CHAIRMAN OF MEETINGS: 

Where no provision is made for a President or Chairman to preside over a meeting of an authority of 
the University or any Committee of such authority or when the President or Chairman so provided for is 
absent, the members present shall elect one from among themselves to preside at such meeting. 

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35. RESIGNATION: 

(1) Any member, other than an ex officio member of the Anjuman (Court), the Majlis-i-Muntazimah 
(Executive Council), the Majlis-i-Talimi (Academic Council) or any other authority of the University or 
any Committee of such authority may resign by letter addressed to the Registrar, and the resignation shall 
take effect as soon as such letter is received by the Registrar. 

(2)  Any  officer  of  the  University,  whether  salaried  or  otherwise,  may  resign  his  office  by  letter 

addressed to the Registrar: 

Provided that such resignation shall take effect only on the date from which the same is accepted by 

the authority competent to fill the vacancy. 

36. DISQUALIFICATIONS: 

(1)  A  person  shall  be  disqualified  for  being  chosen  as,  and  for  being,  a  member  of  any  of  the 

authorities of the University— 

(i) if he is of unsound mind or is a deaf-mute; 

(ii) if he is an undischarged insolvent; 

(iii)  if  he  has  been  convicted  by  a  court  of  law  of  an  offence  involving  moral  turpitude  and 

sentenced in respect thereof to imprisonment for not less than six months. 

(2)  If  any  question  arises  as  to  whether  a  person  is  or  had  been  subjected  to  any  of  the 
disqualifications mentioned in clause (1), the question shall be referred for the decision of the Visitor and 
his decision shall be final and no suit or other proceeding shall lie in any civil court against such decision. 

37. REMOVAL OF TEACHERS: 

(1) Where there is an allegation of misconduct against a teacher, or a member of the academic staff, 
the Shaikh-ul-Jamia (Vice-Chancellor) may, if he thinks fit, by order in writing, place the teacher under 
suspension and shall forthwith report to the Majlis-i-Muntazimah (Executive Council) the circumstances 
in which the order was made: 

Provided  that  the  Majlis-i-Muntazimah  (Executive  Council)  may,  if  it  is  of  the  opinion,  that  the 
circumstances of the case do not warrant the suspension of the teacher or a member of the academic staff, 
revoke such order. 

(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in the terms of his contract of service or of his appointment, 
the Majlis-i-Muntazimah  (Executive  Council)  shall  be  entitled to remove  a  teacher  or  a  member  of  the 
academic staff on the ground of misconduct. 

(3) Save as aforesaid, the Majlis-i-Muntazimah (Executive Council) shall not be entitled to remove a 
teacher or a member of the academic staff except for good cause and after giving three months’ notice in 
writing or on payment of three months’ salary in lieu thereof. 

(4)  No  teacher  or  a  member  of  the  academic  staff  shall  be  removed  under  clause  (2)  or  under      

clause (3) until he has been given a reasonable opportunity of showing cause against the action proposed 
to be taken in regard to him. 

(5) The removal of a teacher or a member of the academic staff shall require a two-thirds majority of 

the members of the Majlis-i-Muntazimah (Executive Council) present and voting. 

(6) The  removal  of  a  teacher  or  a  member  of  the  academic  staff  shall take  effect  from  the  date  on 

which the order of removal is made: 

Provided that where a teacher or a member of the academic staff is under suspension at the time of his 

removal, the removal shall take effect from the date on which he was placed under suspension. 

(7) Notwithstanding anything contained in the Statutes, a teacher or a member of the academic staff 
may resign by giving three months’ notice in writing to the Majlis-i-Muntazimah (Executive Council) or 
on payment to the University of three months’ salary in lieu thereof. 

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38. REMOVAL OF EMPLOYEES OTHER THAN TEACHERS OF THE UNIVERSITY: 

(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in the terms of his contract of service or of his appointment, 
an employee other than a teacher or a member of the academic  staff, may be removed by the authority 
which is competent to appoint the employee— 

(i) if he is of unsound mind or is a deaf-mute; 

(ii) if he is an undischarged insolvent; 

(iii)  if  he  has  been  convicted  by  a  court  of  law  or  an  offence  involving  moral  turpitude  and 

sentenced in respect thereof to imprisonment for not less than six months; 

(iv) if he is otherwise guilty of misconduct: 

Provided that no employee shall be removed from his office unless a resolution to that effect is passed 
by the Majlis-i-Muntazimah (Executive Council) by a majority of two-thirds of its members present and 
voting. 

(2) No employee shall be removed under clause (1) until he has been given a reasonable opportunity 

of showing cause against the action proposed to be taken in regard to him. 

(3) Where the removal of such employee is for a reason other than that specified in sub-clause (iii) of 
sub-clause (iv) of clause (1), he shall be given three months’ notice in writing or paid three months’ salary 
in lieu thereof. 

(4) Notwithstanding anything contained in the Statutes, an employee, not being a teacher or a member 

of the academic staff, shall be entitled to resign,— 

(i)  if  he  is  a  permanent  employee,  only  after  giving  three  months’  notice  in  writing  to  the 

appointing authority or paying to the University three months’ salary in lieu thereof; 

(ii)  if  he  is  not  a  permanent  employee,  only  after  giving  one  month’s  notice  in  writing  to  the 

appointing authority or paying to the University one month’s salary in lieu thereof: 

Provided that such resignation shall take effect from the date on which the resignation is accepted by 

the appointing authority. 

39. ORDINANCES HOW MADE: 

(1) The Ordinances made under sub-section (2) of section 25 of the Act may be amended, repealed or 

added to at any time by the Majlis-i-Muntazimah (Executive Council) in the manner specified below. 

(2) No Ordinance in respect of the matters enumerated in section 25, other than those enumerated in 
clause  (p)  of  sub-section  (1)  thereof,  shall  be  made  by  the  Majlis-i-Muntazimah  (Executive  Council) 
unless a draft of such Ordinance has been proposed by the Majlis-i-Talimi (Academic Council). 

(3)  The  Majlis-i-Muntazimah  (Executive  Council)  shall  not  have  power  to  amend  any  draft  of  any 
Ordinance  proposed  by  the  Majlis-i-Talimi  (Academic  Council)  under  clause  (2),  but  may  reject  the 
proposal  or  return  the  draft  to  the  Majlis-i-Talimi  (Academic  Council)  for  re-consideration,  either  in 
whole or in part, together with any amendment which the Majlis-i-Muntazimah (Executive Council) may 
suggest. 

(4)  Where  the  Majlis-i-Muntazimah  (Executive  Council)  has  rejected  or  returned  the  draft  of  an 
Ordinance proposed by the Majlis-i-Talimi (Academic Council), the Majlis-i-Talimi (Academic Council) 
may consider the question afresh and in case the original draft is reaffirmed by a majority of not less than 
two-thirds  of  the  members  present  and  voting  and  more  than  half  the  total  number  of  members  of  the 
Majlis-i-Talimi  (Academic  Council)  the  draft  may  be  sent  back  to  the  Majlis-i-Muntazimah       
(Executive Council) which shall either adopt it or refer it to the Visitor whose decision thereon shall be 
final. 

(5)  Every  Ordinance  made  by  the  Majlis-i-Muntazimah  (Executive  Council)  shall  come  into  effect 

immediately. 

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(6) Every Ordinance made by the Majlis-i-Muntazimah (Executive Council), shall be submitted to the 
Visitor  within  two  weeks  from  the  date  of  its  adoption.  The  Visitor  shall  have  the  power  to  direct  the 
University  within  four  weeks  of  the  receipt  of  the  Ordinance  to  suspend  the  operation  of  any  such 
Ordinance and he shall, as soon as possible, inform the Majlis-i-Muntazimah (Executive Council) about 
his objection to the proposed Ordinance. The Visitor may, after receiving the comments of the University, 
either withdraw the order suspending the Ordinance or disallow the Ordinance, and his decision thereon 
shall be final. 

40. REGULATIONS: 

(1) The authorities of the University may make regulations consistent with the Act, the Statutes and 

the Ordinances for the following matters, namely:— 

(i)  laying  down  the  procedure  to  be  observed  at  their  meetings  and  the  number  of  members 

required to form a quorum; 

(ii) providing for all matters which are required by the Act, the Statutes or the Ordinances to be 

prescribed by Regulations; and 

(iii) providing for all other matters solely concerning such authorities or Committee appointed by 

them and not provided for by the Act, the Statutes or the Ordinances. 

(2) Every authority of the University shall make Regulations providing for the giving of notice to the 
members of such authority of the dates of meetings and of the business to be considered at meetings and 
for the keeping of a record of the proceedings of meetings. 

(3) The  Majlis-i-Muntazimah  (Executive  Council)  may  direct  the  amendment,  in  such  manner as  it 

may specify, of any Regulation made under the Statutes or the annulment of any such Regulation. 

41. DELEGATION OF POWERS: 

Subject to the provisions of the Act and the Statutes, any officer or authority of the University may 
delegate his or its powers to any other officer or authority or person under his or its respective control and 
subject  to  the  condition  that  overall  responsibility  for  the  exercise  of  the  powers  so  delegated  shall 
continue to vest in the officer or authority delegating such powers. 

42. RESIDENCE CONDITION FOR MEMBERSHIP AND OFFICE: 

Notwithstanding  anything  contained  in  these  Statutes,  no  person  who  is  not  ordinarily  resident  in 

India shall be eligible to be an officer of the University or a member of any authority of the  

SHIP OF OTHER BODIES: 

43. MEMBERSHIP OF AUTHORITIES BY VIRTUE OF MEMBERSHIP OF OTHER BODIES: 

Notwithstanding anything contained in these Statutes, a person who holds any post in the University or is 
a member of any Authority or body of the University in his capacity as a member of a particular authority 
or body or as the holder of a particular appointment shall hold office so long only as he continues to be a 
member of that particular authority or body or the holder of that particular appointment, as the case may 
be. 

44. ALUMNI (OLD BOYS) ASSOCIATION: 

(1) There shall be an Alumni (Old Boys’) Association for the University. 

(2) No person shall be a member of the Association unless— 

(i)  he  has  paid  such  subscription  and  satisfies  such  conditions  as  may  be  prescribed  by  the 

Ordinances; and 

(ii) he is a graduate of the Jamia Millia Islamia or the University. 

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